Matthew 21:1-11

¹When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples, ²saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with it. Untie them and bring them to Me. ³And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them on immediately.” ⁴Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled: ⁵“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ” ⁶The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them, ⁷and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their cloaks on them; and He sat on the cloaks. ⁸Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. ⁹Now the crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!” ¹⁰When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?” ¹¹And the crowds were saying, “This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.”