Matthew 21:1-11

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."

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

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "has happened"
• [b] Lit "them"