⁴³ They offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. The joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.

¹³ so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people shouted so loudly that the sound was heard far away.

The Prayer of Faith

¹³ Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise.^(A)

¹⁹ as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to one another, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,^(A)

²² So you have pain now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.^(A)

¹⁵ But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he did and heard^[a] the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became angry^(A)

⁹ The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,