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On the next day, when ^(C1)the large crowd that had come to ^(C2)the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began shouting, "^(C1)Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, indeed, the ^(C2)King of Israel!"

Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

"^(C1)DO NOT FEAR, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."

^(C1)These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus ^(C2)was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things for Him.

So ^(C1)the ^(F1)people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

^(C1)For this reason also the ^(F1)people went to meet Him, ^(C2)because they heard that He had performed this ^(F2)sign.

So the Pharisees said ^(F1)to one another, "You see that you are not accomplishing anything; look, the world has gone after Him!"