Matthew 21:1-11 - The Triumphal Entry

¹ And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, Go m the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose and bring them to me. ³ And if any one say aught to you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and he will immediately send them.

⁴ Now this took place, that it 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 riding on an ass, and on a colt the foal of a beast of burden."

⁶ And the disciples o went, and did as Jesus bade them, ⁷ and brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their garments, and he sat on them. ⁸ And very many of the multitude spread their garments in the road; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the road. ⁹ And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, were crying out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heavens!

¹⁰ And when he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was in commotion, saying, Who is this? ¹¹ And the multitudes said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

¹ And when they were drawing near to Jerusalem and to Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, ² and saith to them, Go to the village over against you; and immediately on entering it ye will find a colt tied, on which no man hath yet sat; loose and bring it. ³ And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord hath need of it, and will immediately send it back hither.

⁴ And they went, and found the colt tied by the door without, on the street; and they loose it. ⁵ And some of those who were standing there said to them, What are ye about, loosing the colt? ⁶ And they said to them as Jesus had commanded; and they let them go. ⁷ And they bring the colt to Jesus, and put their garments on it; and he sat upon it.

⁸ And many spread their garments on the road; and others boughs, having cut them from the fields. ⁹ And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, Hosanna! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰ Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heavens!

¹¹ And he entered Jerusalem, and the temple; and having looked round on all things, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany, with the twelve.

²⁸ And when he had thus spoken, he went forward, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ And it came to pass, as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying, Go to the village over against us; on entering which ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat; and loose, and bring it. ³¹ And if any one ask you, Why are ye loosing it? ye shall say thus, The Lord hath need of it.

³² And they who were sent went and found just as he told them. ³³ And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them, Why are ye loosing the colt?

³⁴ And they said, The Lord hath need of it. ³⁵ And they brought it to Jesus; and having thrown their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon. ³⁶ And as he went on, they spread their garments in the road. ³⁷ And as he was drawing near, just 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 miracles which they had seen;

³⁸ saying, Blessed be the King in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heavens!

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

⁴⁰ And he answering said, I tell you, that if these are silent, the stones will cry out.

¹² On the next day, a great multitude that had come to the feast, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ took branches of palmtrees, and went forth to meet him, crying aloud, Hosanna! blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord, even the king of Israel!

¹⁴ And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon, as it is written, ¹⁵ "Fear not, daughter of Zion! lo! thy king cometh, sitting on an asss colt."

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

¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Ye see that ye effect nothing; o! the world hath gone after him.