took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they cried, Hosanna! "Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord!"

I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, also the branches.

And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them,

do not boast against the branches. But if you boast, it is not you that bears the root, but the root bears you.

You will say then, The branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.

For if God did not spare the natural branches, fear lest He also may not spare you either!

which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.

And a very great crowd spread their garments in the way. Others cut down branches from the trees and spread them in the way.

But when it has been sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out great branches, so as to enable the birds of the air to roost under its shade.

And many spread their garments in the way, and others cut down branches off the trees and scattered them in the way.

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden. And it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.

And when He had spoken this way, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Do you answer the high priest so?