Mark 11:1–9

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.