Matthew 21:1-11 - The Triumphal Entry

¹ And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose them and lead them to me. ³ And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them.

⁴ But all this came to pass, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

⁵ Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

⁶ But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them, ⁷ brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them. ⁸ But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and strewing them on the way. ⁹ And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed be he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.

¹⁰ And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this? ¹¹ And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee.

¹ And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples, ² and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no child of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it here. ³ And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither.

⁴ And they departed, and found a colt bound to the door without at the crossway, and they loose him. ⁵ And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, loosing the colt? ⁶ And they said to them as Jesus had commanded. And they let them do it. ⁷ And they led the colt to Jesus, and cast their clothes upon it, and he sat on it;

⁸ and many strewed their clothes on the way, and others cut down branches from the trees and went on strewing them on the way. ⁹ And those going on before and those following cried out, Hosanna! blessed be he that comes in the Lord's name. ¹⁰ Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest!

¹¹ And he entered into Jerusalem and into the temple; and having looked round on all things, the hour being already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

²⁸ And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ And it came to pass as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the mountain called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying, Go into the village over against you, in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no child of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it here. ³¹ And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose it? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.

³² And they that were sent, having gone their way, found as he had said to them. ³³ And as they were loosing the colt, its masters said to them, Why loose ye the colt?

³⁴ And they said, Because the Lord has need of it. ³⁵ And they led it to Jesus; and having cast their own garments on the colt, they put Jesus on it. ³⁶ And as he went, they strewed their clothes in the way. ³⁷ And as he drew near, already at the descent of the mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began, rejoicing, to praise God with a loud voice for all the works of power which they had seen,

³⁸ saying, Blessed the King that comes in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples.

⁴⁰ And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.

¹² On the morrow a great crowd who came to the feast, having heard that Jesus is coming into Jerusalem, ¹³ took branches of palms and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.

¹⁴ And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written, ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

¹⁶ Now his disciples knew not these things at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him. ¹⁷ The crowd therefore that was with him bore witness because he had called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from among the dead. ¹⁸ Therefore also the crowd met him because they had heard that he had done this sign.

¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said to one another, Ye see that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone after him.