John 12:14-25

¹⁴And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say,

¹⁵Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.

¹⁶(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

¹⁷Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

¹⁸And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

¹⁹Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

²⁰Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

²¹They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

²²Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

²³And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come.

²⁴Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

²⁵He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.