took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, 'Hosanna, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord -- the king of Israel;'

'I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

and if the first-fruit is holy, the lump also; and if the root is holy, the branches also.

And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become --

do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!

Thou wilt say, then, 'The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right!

for if God the natural branches did not spare -- lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.

which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,

and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

and many did spread their garments in the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way.

It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'