The Triumphal Entry

21 ^(A)Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to ^(B)the Mount of Olives, then Jesus ^(C)sent two disciples, ² saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” ⁴ This took place ^(D)to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

⁶ The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. ⁷ They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. ⁸ Most of the crowd ^(G)spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

The Triumphal Entry

¹² The next day ^(A)the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. ¹³ So they took branches of ^(B)palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, ^(C)“Hosanna! Blessed is ^(D)he who comes in the name of the Lord, even ^(E)the King of Israel!” ¹⁴ And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

^16 (G)His disciples did not understand these things at first, but ^(H)when Jesus was glorified, then ^(I)they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.

²³ And Jesus answered them, ^(A)“The hour has come ^(B)for the Son of Man to be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(C)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ^25 (D)Whoever loves his life loses it, and ^(E)whoever ^(F)hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone serves me, he must ^(G)follow me; and ^(H)where I am, there will my servant be also. ^(I)If anyone serves me, ^(J)the Father will honor him.

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

^27 (K)“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, ^(L)save me from ^(M)this hour’? But ^(N)for this purpose I have come to ^(O)this hour.

Jesus Came to Save the World

⁴⁴ And Jesus cried out and said, ^(A)“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ^(B)in him who sent me. ⁴⁵ And ^(C)whoever ^(D)sees me sees him who sent me. ^46 (E)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone ^(F)hears my words and does not keep them, ^(G)I do not judge him; for ^(H)I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. ^48 (I)The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; ^(J)the word that I have spoken will judge him ^(K)on the last day. ⁴⁹ For ^(L)I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father ^(M)who sent me has himself given me ^(N)a commandment—what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”