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The bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
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They gave the answer Yeshua had told them to give, and they let them continue.
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They brought the colt to Yeshua and threw their robes on it, and he sat on it.
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Many people carpeted the road with their clothing, while others spread out green branches which they had cut in the fields.
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Those who were ahead and those behind shouted, "Please! Deliver us!"m "Blessed is he who comes in the name of ADONAI!"
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"Blessed is the coming Kingdom of our father David!" and, "You in the highest heaven! Please! Deliver us!"
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Yeshua entered Yerushalayim, went into the Temple courts and took a good look at everything; but since it was now late, he went out with the Twelve to Beit-Anyah.
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The next day, as they came back from Beit-Anyah, he felt hungry.
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Spotting in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came up to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it wasn't fig season.
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He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" And his talmidim heard what he said.
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On reaching Yerushalayim, he entered the Temple courts and began driving out those who were carrying on business there, both the merchants and their customers. He also knocked over the desks of the money-changers, upset the benches of the pigeon-dealers,