John 12:12-36

New American Standard Bible

The Triumphal Entry

¹²On the next day, when ^(A)the large crowd that had come to ^(B)the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began shouting, “^(C)Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, indeed, the ^(D)King of Israel!” ¹⁴Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: ¹⁵“^(E)Do not fear, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” ¹⁶^(F)These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ^(G)was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things for Him. ¹⁷So ^(H)the ^[a]people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him. ¹⁸^(I)For this reason also the ^[b]people went to meet Him, ^(J)because they heard that He had performed this ^[c]sign. ¹⁹So the Pharisees said ^[d]to one another, “You see that you are not accomplishing anything; look, the world has gone after Him!”

Greeks Seek Jesus

²⁰Now there were some ^(K)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(L)the feast; ²¹these people then came to ^(M)Philip, who was from ^(N)Bethsaida of Galilee, and were making a request of him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” ²²Philip *came and *told ^(O)Andrew; then Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. ²³But Jesus *answered them by saying, “^(P)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(Q)be glorified. ²⁴Truly, truly I say to you, ^(R)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ²⁵^(S)The one who loves his ^[e]life loses it, and the one who ^(T)hates his ^[f]life in this world will keep it ^[g]to eternal life. ²⁶If anyone ^[h]serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^(U)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ^[i]serves Me, the Father will ^(V)honor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

²⁷“^(W)Now My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘^(X)Father, save Me from ^(Y)this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ²⁸^(Z)Father, glorify Your name.” Then a ^(AA)voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” ²⁹So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^(AB)An angel has spoken to Him!” ³⁰Jesus responded and said, “^(AC)This voice has not come for My sake, but for yours. ³¹^(AD)Now judgment is upon this world; now ^(AE)the ruler of this world will be cast out. ³²And I, if I ^(AF)am lifted up from the earth, will ^(AG)draw all people to Myself.” ³³Now He was saying this ^(AH)to indicate what kind of death He was going to die. ³⁴The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from ^(AI)the Law that ^(AJ)the ^[j]Christ is to remain forever; and how is it that You say, ‘The ^(AK)Son of Man must be ^(AL)lifted up’? Who is this ^(AM)Son of Man?” ³⁵So Jesus said to them, “^(AN)For a little while longer ^(AO)the Light is among you. ^(AP)Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who ^(AQ)walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶While you have the Light, ^(AR)believe in the Light, so that you may become ^(AS)sons of Light.”