Then Jesus asked the crowd, “Why did you come here with swords and clubs to capture me, as if I’d been leading a rebellion? I was in the temple courtyard every day teaching, but you didn’t try to arrest me.
Jesus came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives. There the whole crowd of disciples began to praise God joyfully. In loud voices, they praised him for all the miracles they had seen. They shouted,