13 took the branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, and began crying out,

“Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord,[a]
even the king of Israel!”

14 So Jesus found a young donkey and[b] sat on it, just as it is written,

15 “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion!
Behold, your king is coming,
seated on the foal of a donkey!”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:13 A quotation from Ps 118:25–26
  2. John 12:14 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“found”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. John 12:15 A quotation from Zech 9:9