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As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives. There Jesus sent two of the disciples on ahead
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with these instructions: "Go to the village there ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied up with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to me.
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And if anyone says anything, tell him, "The Master needs them'; and then he will let them go at once."
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This happened in order to make come true what the prophet had said:
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"Tell the city of Zion, 1 Look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and rides on a donkey and on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
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So the disciples went and did what Jesus had told them to do:
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they brought the donkey and the colt, threw their cloaks over them, and Jesus got on.
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A large crowd of people spread their cloaks on the road while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.