Matthew 21:4-14

4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”[a]
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.
7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on.
8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna[b] to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[c]“Hosanna[d] in the highest heaven!”
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Jesus at the Temple

12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
13 “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[e] but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’[f]
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.

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Cross References 13

  • 1. S Matthew 1:22
  • 2. Isaiah 62:11; Zechariah 9:9
  • 3. 2 Kings 9:13
  • 4. ver 15; S Matthew 9:27
  • 5. Psalms 118:26; Matthew 23:39
  • 6. Luke 2:14
  • 7. Deuteronomy 18:15; Luke 7:16,39; Luke 24:19; John 1:21,25; John 6:14; John 7:40
  • 8. Deuteronomy 14:26
  • 9. Exodus 30:13
  • 10. Leviticus 1:14
  • 11. Isaiah 56:7
  • 12. Jeremiah 7:11
  • 13. S Matthew 4:23

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Zech. 9:9
  • [b]. A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15
  • [c]. Psalm 118:25,26
  • [d]. A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15
  • [e]. Isaiah 56:7
  • [f]. Jer. 7:11
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