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11 When^(A) they approached Jerusalem,^(B) at Bethphage and Bethany^(C) near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples ² and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³ If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’”

⁴ So they went and found a young donkey outside in the street, tied by a door. They untied it, ⁵ and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the donkey?” ⁶ They answered them just as Jesus had said, so they let them go. ⁷ Then they brought the donkey to Jesus and threw their robes on it, and He sat on it.

⁸ Many people spread their robes on the road,^(D) and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields.^{[a] 9} Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:

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²⁸ When^(A) He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.^{(B) 29} As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives,^(C) He sent two of the disciples ³⁰ and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say this: ‘The Lord needs it.’”

³² So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.^{(D) 33} As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”

³⁴ “The Lord needs it,” they said. ³⁵ Then^(E) they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it.^{(F) 36} As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.^{(G) 37} Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

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¹² The^(A) next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ they took palm branches^(B) and went out to meet Him. They kept shouting: “Hosanna!^(C) He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One^(D)[a]—the King of Israel!”^(E)

¹⁴ Jesus found a young donkey^(F) and sat on it, just as it is written: ¹⁵ Fear no more,^(G) Daughter Zion. Look, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt.^(H)[b]

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him^(I) and that they had done these things to Him. ¹⁷ Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb^(J) and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.^{[c] 18} This is also why the crowd met Him, because they heard He had done this sign.

¹⁹ Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look—the world has gone after Him!”^(K)