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As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.
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“Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
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If anyone asks, ‘What are you doing?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it soon.’”
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The two disciples left and found the colt standing in the street, tied outside the front door.
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As they were untying it, some bystanders demanded, “What are you doing, untying that colt?”
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They said what Jesus had told them to say, and they were permitted to take it.
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Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it, and he sat on it.
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Many in the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others spread leafy branches they had cut in the fields.