Mark 11:1–11

The Triumphal Entry

11 When z they approached Jerusalem, a at Bethphage and Bethany b near the * Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples 2 and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’ ”

4 So they went and found a young donkey outside in the street, tied by a door. They untied it, 5 and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the donkey?” 6 They answered them just as Jesus had said, so they let them go. 7 Then they brought the donkey to Jesus and threw their robes on it, and He sat on it.

8 Many people spread their robes on the road, c and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields. d 9 Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:

* Hosanna!

He who comes in the name e

of the Lord is the blessed One! f g

10 The coming kingdom h

of our father David i is blessed!

Hosanna j in the highest heaven!

11 And He went into Jerusalem k and into the * temple complex. l After looking around at everything, since it was already late, He went out to Bethany m with the Twelve.