A great crowd who had come to the feast

heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

So they took branches of palm trees

and went out to meet him, crying,

‘Hosanna!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,

even the king of Israel!’

And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it; as is written,

‘Fear not, daughter of Sion;

behold, your king is coming,

sitting on an ass’s colt!’

His disciples did not understand this at first; 

but when Jesus was glorified,

then they remembered that this had been written of him 

and had been done to him.