Matthew 21:1–11

The Triumphal Entry

21And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ²saying to them, “Go into the village before you, and right away you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her. Untie them^* and^* bring them^* to me. ³And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, ‘The Lord needs them,’^a and he will send them at once.” ⁴Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

⁵“Say to the daughter of Zion,

‘Behold, your king is coming to you,

humble and mounted on a donkey,

and^b on a colt, the foal of a pack animal.’ ”^c

⁶So the disciples went^* and did^* just as Jesus directed them, ⁷and^* brought the donkey and the colt and put their^* cloaks on them, and he sat on them. ⁸And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them^* on the road. ⁹And the crowds who went ahead of him and the ones who followed were shouting, saying,

“Hosanna to the Son of David!

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!^d

Hosanna in the highest heaven!”^*

¹⁰And when^* he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” ¹¹And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee!”