Matthew 21:1–16
Mark 11:1–10; Luke 19:29–38; John 12:12–15
21 Now awhen they drew near Jerusalem, and came to 1Bethphage, at bthe Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. 3 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 2All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
5 “Tell cthe daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
6 dSo the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, elaid their clothes on them, 3and set Him on them. 8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; fothers cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:
“Hosanna to the Son of David!
g‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Hosanna in the highest!”
10 hAnd when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”
11 So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, ithe prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 jThen Jesus went into the temple 4of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the kmoney changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 And He said to them, “It is written, l‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a m‘den of thieves.’ ”
14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the nSon of David!” they were 5indignant 16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”
And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,
o‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have perfected praise’?”