Matthew 21:1-17

The Triumphal Entry

1 ¹When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at ²the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

2 saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.

3 "If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them."

4 ³This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5 "⁴SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, 'BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.' "

6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.

8 Most of the crowd ⁵spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.

9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the ⁶Son of David; ⁷BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna ⁸in the highest!"

10 When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"

11 And the crowds were saying, "This is ⁹the prophet Jesus, from ¹⁰Nazareth in Galilee."

Cleansing the Temple

12 ¹¹And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the ¹²money changers and the seats of those who were selling ¹³doves.

13 And He said to them, "It is written, '¹⁴MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER '; but you are making it a ¹⁵ROBBERS' DEN."

14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and ¹⁶He healed them.

15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the ¹⁷Son of David," they became indignant

16 and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, '¹⁸OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"

17 And He left them and went out of the city to ¹⁹Bethany, and spent the night there.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 21:1-9: {Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:29-38}
• 2. Matthew 24:3; Matthew 26:30; Mark 11:1; Mark 13:3; Mark 14:26; Luke 19:29, 37; Luke 21:37; Luke 22:39; John 8:1; Acts 1:12
• 3. Matthew 21:4-9: {Mark 11:7-10; Luke 19:35-38; John 12:12-15}
• 4. Isaiah 62:11; Zechariah 9:9
• 5. 2 Kings 9:13
• 6. Matthew 9:27
• 7. Psalms 118:26
• 8. Luke 2:14
• 9. Matthew 21:26; Mark 6:15; Luke 7:16, 39; Luke 13:33; John 4:19">2John 4:19; John 1:21, 25; John 4:19; John 6:14; John 7:40; John 9:17; Acts 3:22; Acts 7:37
• 10. Matthew 2:23
• 11. Matthew 21:12-16: {Mark 11:15-18; Luke 19:45-47;} Matthew 21:12, 13: {John 2:13-16}
• 12. Exodus 30:13
• 13. Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7; Leviticus 12:8
• 14. Isaiah 56:7
• 15. Jeremiah 7:11
• 16. Matthew 4:23
• 17. Matthew 9:27
• 18. Psalms 8:2; Matthew 11:25
• 19. Matthew 26:6; Mark 11:1, 11, 12; Mark 14:3; Luke 19:29; Luke 24:50; John 11:1, 18; John 12:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "has happened"
• [b]. Lit "them"
• [c]. Lit "cave"