Mark 11:1–10

The Triumphal Entry

^1aAs they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and ^bBethany, near ^cthe Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples,

²and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.

³“If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he ¹will send it back here.”

⁴They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they untied it.

⁵Some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”

⁶They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission.

^7aThey brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it.

⁸And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.

⁹Those who went in front and those who followed were shouting:

“Hosanna!

^aBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;

¹⁰Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David;

Hosanna ^ain the highest!”