Matthew 21:1-11 - The Triumphal Entry

¹ And when they approached Jerusalem, and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them. ² "Go on into the village facing you, and at once you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me. ³ "And if any one says anything to you, tell him, 'The Master needs them,' and he will send them without delay."

⁴ This happened in fulfilment of the word spoken though the prophet.

⁵ Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden."

⁶ So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them; ⁷ they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them. ⁸ Then Jesus seated himself upon them, and most of the crowd kept spreading their cloaks on the road, and others began cutting branches off the trees, and spreading them in the road. ⁹ And the crowds who preceded and those who followed after him shouted again and again, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

¹⁰ And as he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they said. ¹¹ And the crowds answered, "This is the Prophet Jesus, from Nazareth, in Galilee."

¹ Now when they were approaching Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, ² Jesus sent two of his disciples and told them. "Go to that village in front of you, and immediately on entering it you will find a colt tied, upon which no man has ever sat; untie him and bring him here. ³ And if any man asks you, 'Why are you doing that?" answer, 'The Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him back.'"

⁴ So they went and found a colt tied outside a door, in the open street, and untied it. ⁵ And some of the bystanders began to say to them, "What are you trying to do, untying that colt?" ⁶ So they answered them just as Jesus had told them, and they let them take it. ⁷ Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had thrown cloaks upon it, Jesus seated himself on it.

⁸ Then many spread their cloaks on the road, and others, soft leafy branches, which they had cut from the fields; ⁹ and those who went before him and those who came after kept shouting. "Hosanna! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰ Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna, in the highest!"

¹¹ Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple, and after he had looked around at everything, as the hour was now late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

²⁸ When he had so spoken he went on before, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ When he was come near Bethphage and Bethany at the mount called The Olive Orchard, ³⁰ he sent two of his disciples saying. "Go into the village in the front, and on entering it you will find an ass's colt tied, on which no one has ever ridden. ³¹ "Untie it and bring it here. And if any one asks you, 'Why are you untying the colt?' Simply say, 'The Master needs it.'"

³² Then those who were sent out and found it as he had told them. ³³ For as they were untying the colt, the owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

³⁴ They answered, "The Master needs it." ³⁵ So they led it to Jesus, and, after throwing their outer garments on the colt, they placed Jesus on it. ³⁶ So he rode on, while they kept throwing their garments in the way. ³⁷ And when now he was coming near Jerusalem, and descending the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and to praise God with a loud voice for the almighty works they had seen.

³⁸ They cried, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in the Highest"

³⁹ And some of the Pharisees said to them out of the crowd, "Teacher reprove your disciples!"

⁴⁰ "I tell you," he answered, "that if these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out."

¹² Next day the big crowd who had come up for the Passover heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem, ¹³ and taking branches from the palm trees went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord. Even Israel's King!"

¹⁴ And Jesus found a young ass and seated himself on it, as it is written, ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh seated upon an ass's colt.

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus had been glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written concerning him, and what they had done to him. ¹⁷ Meanwhile the crowd which was with him when he summoned Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, kept witnessing. ¹⁸ For this reason, too, the crowd came to meet him, because they had heard about this sign which he had done.

¹⁹ Then the Pharisees said among themselves. "You see! You can do nothing! Look! The world is gone after him!"