John 12:11-13

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¹¹ for it was because of him that many of the Jewish leaders had deserted and believed in Jesus as their Messiah.

¹² The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city, and a huge crowd of Passover visitors ¹³ took palm branches and went down the road to meet him, shouting, “The Savior! God bless the King of Israel! Hail to God’s Ambassador!”