John 12:14-25

¹⁴And Jesus found a young ass, and sat on him, as it is written,

¹⁵The daughter of Zion, do not thou dread; lo! thy king cometh, sitting on an ass’s foal or on the colt of a she-ass.

¹⁶His disciples knew not first these things, but when Jesus was glorified, then they had mind, that these things were written of him, and these things they did to him.

¹⁷Therefore the people bare witness-ing, that was with him, when he called Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from death.

¹⁸And therefore the people came, and met with him, for they heard that he had done this sign.

¹⁹Therefore the Pharisees said to themselves, Ye see, that we profit nothing; lo! all the world hath gone after him.

²⁰And there were some heathen men, of them that had come up to worship in the feast day.

²¹And these came to Philip, that was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and prayed him, and said, Sire, we will see Jesus or we would see Jesus.

²²Philip cometh, and saith to Andrew; and again Andrew and Philip said to Jesus.

²³And Jesus answered to them, and said, The hour cometh, that man’s Son be clarified.

²⁴Truly, truly, I say to you, but a corn of wheat fall into the earth, and be dead, it dwelleth alone; but if it be dead, it bringeth forth much fruit.

²⁵He that loveth his life, shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, keepeth it into everlasting life.