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The next day\xa0the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.\xa0So they took branches of\xa0palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out,\xa0\u201cHosanna! Blessed is\xa0he who comes in the name of the Lord, even\xa0the King of Israel!\u201d And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,\xa0\u201cFear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!\u201d His disciples did not understand these things at first, but\xa0when Jesus was glorified, then\xa0they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.\xa0The reason why the crowd\xa0went to meet him\xa0was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another,\xa0\u201cYou see that you are gaining nothing. Look,\xa0the world has gone after him.\u201d

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Now\xa0among those who went up to worship at the feast were some\xa0Greeks.\xa0So these came to\xa0Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, \u201cSir, we wish to see Jesus.\u201d Philip went and told\xa0Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.\xa0And Jesus answered them, \u201cThe hour has come\xa0for the Son of Man to be glorified.\xa0Truly, truly, I say to you,\xa0unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and\xa0whoever\xa0hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.\xa0If anyone serves me, he must\xa0follow me; and\xa0where I am, there will my servant be also.\xa0If anyone serves me,\xa0the Father will honor him.\xa0John 12:12-26 (ESV) John 12:12-26 (ESV)

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1. I have to see Jesus for myself.

2. I have to give up my life, in this world.

3. We have to become a servant of Jesus.

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Nevertheless,\xa0many even of the authorities believed in him, but\xa0for fear of the Pharisees they did not\xa0confess it, so that they would not be\xa0put out of the synagogue; for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God. And Jesus cried out and said,\xa0\u201cWhoever believes in me, believes not in me but\xa0in him who sent me.\xa0And\xa0whoever\xa0sees me sees him who sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.\xa0If anyone\xa0hears my words and does not keep them,\xa0I do not judge him; for\xa0I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. John 12:42-47 (ESV)