1  And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples, 2  and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no child of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it here. 3  And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither. 4  And they departed, and found a colt bound to the door without at the crossway, and they loose him. 5  And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, loosing the colt? 6  And they said to them as Jesus had commanded. And they let them do it. 7  And they led the colt to Jesus, and cast their clothes upon it, and he sat on it; 8  and many strewed their clothes on the way, and others cut down branches from the trees and went on strewing them on the way. 9  And those going on before and those following cried out, Hosanna! blessed be he that comes in the Lord’s name. 10  Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest! 11  And he entered into Jerusalem and into the temple; and having looked round on all things, the hour being already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.