11When they had approachedJerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at 2the Mount of Olives, thenJesussenttwodisciples,
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saying to them, "Go into the villageopposite you, and immediately you will find a donkeytied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.
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"Ifanyonesaysanything to you, you shall say, 'The Lordhasneed of them,' and immediately he will send them."
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3Thistookplace to fulfillwhat was spokenthrough the prophet:
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"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.' "
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The discipleswent and didjust as Jesus had instructed them,
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and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.
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Most of the crowd5spread their coats in the road, and others were cuttingbranches from the trees and spreading them in the road.
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The crowdsgoingahead 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; Hosanna8in the highest!"
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When He had enteredJerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
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And the crowds were saying, "This is 9the prophetJesus, from 10Nazareth in Galilee."
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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