John 12:14-25

¹⁴and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written,

¹⁵'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'

¹⁶And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him.

¹⁷The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead;

¹⁸because of this also did the multitude meet him, because they heard of his having done this sign,

¹⁹the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, 'Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'

²⁰And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,

²¹these then came near to Philip, who is from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, 'Sir, we wish to see Jesus;'

²²Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

²³And Jesus responded to them, saying, 'The hour hath come that the Son of Man may be glorified;

²⁴verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit;

²⁵he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world — to life age-during shall keep it;