Matthew 21:1–9

And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage, unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two disciples,

²Saying to them: Go ye into the village that is over against you: and immediately you shall find an ass tied and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me.

³And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye that the Lord hath need of them. And forthwith he will let them go.

⁴Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

⁵Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke.

⁶And the disciples going, did as Jesus commanded them.

⁷And they brought the ass and the colt and laid their garments upon them and made him sit thereon.

⁸And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way: and others cut boughs from the trees and strewed them in the way.

⁹And the multitudes that went before and that followed cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.