Matthew 21:1-13 ▼

1 When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and

2 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.

3 If anyone says anything to you, tell him, 'The Lord needs them,' and that person will send them at once.|

4 Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said,

5 |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.'|

6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

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

8 Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

9 Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, |Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!|

10 When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The people were asking, |Who is this?|

11 The crowds kept saying, |This is the prophet Jesus, the man from Nazareth in Galilee.|

12 Then Jesus went into the Temple, threw out everyone who was selling and buying in the Temple, and overturned the moneychangers' tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.

13 He told them, |It is written, 'My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!|