Matthew 21:1-16

The Triumphal Entry

1 ^aNow when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to ^bthe Mount of Olives, then Jesus ^csent two disciples, 2saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4This took place ^dto fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

5 ^e“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
^fhumble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, ▼

▼Or donkey, and on a colt,

the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8Most of the crowd ^hspread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, ⁱ“Hosanna to ^jthe Son of David! ^kBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna ^lin the highest!” 10And ^mwhen he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” 11And the crowds said, “This is ⁿthe prophet Jesus, ^ofrom Nazareth of Galilee.”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

12 ^pAnd Jesus entered the temple ▼

▼Some manuscripts add of God

and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of ^rthe money-changers and the seats of those who sold ^spigeons. 13He said to them, “It is written, ^t‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but ^uyou make it a den of robbers.”

14 ^vAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 ^wBut when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, ^x“Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, 16and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; ^yhave you never read,

^z“‘Out of the mouth of ^aainfants and nursing babies
you have prepared praise’?”

Mark 11:1-11

The Triumphal Entry

1 ^abNow when they drew near to Jerusalem, to ^acBethphage and Bethany, at ^adthe Mount of Olives, Jesus ▼

▼Greek he

sent ^aftwo of his disciples 2and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, ^agon which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. 3If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’” 4And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. 5And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” 6And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. 7And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. 8And many ^ahspread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. 9And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, ^ai“Hosanna! ^ajBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10Blessed is ^akthe coming ^alkingdom of ^amour father ^anDavid! ^aoHosanna ^apin the highest!”

11 ^aqAnd he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, ^arhe went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Luke 19:29-44

29 ^asWhen he drew near to Bethphage and ^atBethany, at ^authe mount that is called Olivet, he sent ^avtwo of the disciples, 30saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, ^awon which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” 32So those who were sent went away and found it ^axjust as he had told them. 33And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” 34And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” 35And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. 36And as he rode along, they ^ayspread their cloaks on the road. 37As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives— ^azthe whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice ^bafor all the mighty works that they had seen, 38saying, ^bb“Blessed is ^bcthe King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and ^bdglory in the highest!” 39 ^beAnd some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, ^bfthe very stones would cry out.”

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 ^bgAnd when he drew near and saw the city, ^bhhe wept over it, 42saying, ^bi“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now ^bjthey are hidden from your eyes. 43For ^bkthe days will come upon you, when your enemies ^blwill set up a barricade around you and ^bmsurround you and hem you in on every side 44 ^bnand tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And ^bothey will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know ^bpthe time of your ^bqvisitation.”