Matthew 21:1–11

The Triumphal Entry

^1aWhen they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at ^bthe Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

²saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.

³“If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

^4aThis ¹took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

⁵“^aSay to the daughter of Zion,

‘Behold your King is coming to you,

Gentle, and mounted on a donkey,

Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’ ”

⁶The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

⁷and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on ¹the coats.

⁸Most of the crowd ^aspread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.

⁹The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,

“Hosanna to the ^aSon of David;

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

Hosanna ^cin the highest!”

¹⁰When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”

¹¹And the crowds were saying, “This is ^athe prophet Jesus, from ^bNazareth in Galilee.”