Luke 19:28–44

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY

²⁸When^e he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.^{f 29}As he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives,^g he sent two of the disciples ³⁰and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. ³¹If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say this: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

³²So those who were sent left and found it just as he had told them.^{h 33}As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

³⁴“The Lord needs it,” they said. ³⁵Thenⁱ they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their clothes on the colt, they helped Jesus get on it.^{j 36}As he was going along, they were spreading their clothes on the road.^{k 37}Now he came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁸Blessed is the King^l who comes

in the name of the Lord.^Cm

Peace in heaven

and gloryⁿ in the highest heaven!^o

³⁹Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

⁴⁰He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out.”^p

JESUS’S LOVE FOR JERUSALEM

⁴¹As he approached and saw the city, he wept^q for it, ⁴²saying, “If you knew^r this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden^s from your eyes. ⁴³For the days will come on you^t when your enemies will build a barricade around you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.^{u 44}They will crush you and your children among you to the ground,^v and they will not leave one stone on another^w in your midst, because you did not recognize the time when God visited you.”^x