Matthew 21:1-11 - The Triumphal Entry

¹ And when they drew near unto Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage unto the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied and a colt with her; loose them and bring them unto me. ³ And if anyone says anything unto you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them; and straightway he will send them.

⁴ All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

⁵ Say unto the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King comes unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt the foal of a beast under yoke.

⁶ And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them ⁷ and brought the ass and the colt and put on them their clothes, and he sat upon them. ⁸ And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them in the way. ⁹ And the people that went before and that followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

¹⁰ And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? ¹¹ And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

¹ And when they came near to Jerusalem unto Bethphage and Bethany at the mount of Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples ² and said unto them, Go to the place which is before you; and as soon as ye are entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, upon which no man ever sat; loose him and bring him. ³ And if anyone says unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord has need of him, and straightway he will send him here.

⁴ And they went and found the colt tied by the door outside between two ways, and they loosed him. ⁵ And some of those that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? ⁶ Then they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded, and they let them go. ⁷ They brought the colt to Jesus and cast their garments on him, and he sat upon him.

⁸ And many spread their garments in the way, and others cut down leaves off the trees and spread them in the way. ⁹ And those that went before and those that followed cried out, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; ¹⁰ blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

¹¹ And the Lord entered into Jerusalem and into the temple; and when he had looked around upon all things, and it being now late, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

²⁸ And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying, Go ye into the village over against you, in which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, upon whom no one has ever sat; loose him, and bring him here. ³¹ And if anyone asks you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord has need of him.

³² And those that were sent went and found even as he had said unto them. ³³ And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

³⁴ And they said, The Lord has need of him. ³⁵ And they brought him to Jesus, and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus upon it. ³⁶ And as he went, they spread their garments in the way. ³⁷ And when he was come near, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,

³⁸ saying, Blessed be 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 among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

⁴⁰ And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would immediately cry out.

¹² On the next day the multitude that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried, Hosanna; Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.

¹⁴ And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat upon it, as it is written, ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion; behold, thy King comes, sitting on an ass's colt.

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him and that they had done these things unto him. ¹⁷ The multitude, therefore, that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave and raised him from the dead, bore witness. ¹⁸ For this cause the multitude also met him, for they had heard that he had done this sign.

¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.