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They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.
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As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.
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When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
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âBlessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!â[a]âPeace in heaven and glory in the highest!â
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Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, âTeacher, rebuke your disciples!â
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âI tell you,â he replied, âif they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.â
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As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it
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and said, âIf you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peaceâbut now it is hidden from your eyes.
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The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.
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They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of Godâs coming to you.â
Jesus at the Temple
45 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
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âIt is written,â he said to them, â âMy house will be a house of prayerâ[b]; but you have made it âa den of robbers.â[c]â
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Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.
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Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.