told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.

"Tell the daughter of Zion, "Look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt of a donkey.'"

They brought the donkey and the colt and put their coats on them, and he sat upon them.

The Lord replied to him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey and lead it out of its stall to give it some water?

Then Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written:

"Stop being afraid, people of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting upon a donkey's colt!"

But he was rebuked for his offense. A donkey that normally cannot talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet's insanity.