1  And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2  saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose them and lead them to me. 3  And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them. 4  But all this came to pass, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, 5  Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 6  But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them, 7  brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them. 8  But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and strewing them on the way. 9  And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed be he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.