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 before you, and right away you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her. Untie [them] [and] bring [them] to me. ³ And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, 'The Lord {needs them},' and he will send them at once."

⁴ Now 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 on a colt, the foal of a pack animal.'"

⁶ So the disciples went and did just as Jesus directed them, ⁷ [and] brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. ⁸ And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading [them] on the road. ⁹ And 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! Hosanna in the highest [heaven]!"

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

¹ And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples ² and said to them, "Go into the village before you, and right away [as you] enter into it you will find a colt tied, on which no one [has] ever sat. Untie it and bring [it]. ³ And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say 'The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.'"

⁴ And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. ⁵ And some of those who were standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?" ⁶ So they told them, just as Jesus had said, and they allowed them [to take it]. ⁷ And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and he sat on it.

⁸ And many [people] spread their cloaks on the road, and others [spread] leafy branches [they] had cut from the fields. ⁹ And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰ Blessed [is] the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest [heaven]!"

¹¹ And he went into Jerusalem to the temple, and [after] looking around at everything, [because] the hour was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

²⁸ And [after he] had said these [things], he traveled on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ And it happened that when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, to the hill called [the Mount] of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, ³⁰ saying, 'Go into the village in front of [you], in which [as you] enter you will find a colt tied, on which {no person has ever} sat, and untie it [and] bring [it]. ³¹ And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying [it]?' you will say this: 'The Lord has need of it.'"

³² So those who were sent went [and] found [it] just as he had told them. ³³ And [as] they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, 'Why are you untying the colt?'

³⁴ So they said, 'The Lord has need of it.' ³⁵ And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they put Jesus [on it]. ³⁶ And [as] he was going along, they were spreading out their cloaks on the road. ³⁷ Now [as] he was drawing near by this time to the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a loud voice for all the miracles that they had seen,

³⁸ saying, "Blessed [is] the king, the one who 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 your disciples!"

⁴⁰ And he answered [and] said, "I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

¹² On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, [when they] heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ took the branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, and began crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord, even the king of Israel!"

¹⁴ So Jesus found a young donkey [and] sat on it, just as it is written, ¹⁵ "Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion! Behold, your king is coming, seated on the foal of a donkey!"

¹⁶ (His disciples did not understand these [things] at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these [things] had been written about him and they did these [things] to him.) ¹⁷ So the crowd who was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify. ¹⁸ Because of this also the crowd went to meet him, for they had heard [that] he had performed this sign.

¹⁹ So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are accomplishing nothing! Behold, the world has gone after him."