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And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
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saying to them, `Go on to the village over-against you, and immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her -- having loosed, bring ye to me;
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and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.'
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And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,
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`Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.'
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And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them,
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brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set [him] upon them;