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.

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.

brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them.

The Lord therefore answered him and said, Hypocrites! does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger and leading it away, water it?

And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?

And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written,

Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

but had reproof of his own wickedness the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.