9 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus¹ was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, ^owhom he had raised from the dead. 10 ^pSo the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 because ^qon account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

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

16 ^xHis disciples did not understand these things at first, but ^ywhen Jesus was glorified, then ^zthey remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17 ^aThe crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him ^bwas that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, ^c“You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, ^dthe world has gone after him.”