Matthew 21:1-9

1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

2 saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose [them] and lead [them] to me.

3 And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them.

4 But all this came to pass, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

5 Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

6 But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,

7 brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them.

8 But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and strewing them on the way.

9 And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed [be] he who comes in the name of [the] Lord; hosanna in the highest.

Footnotes

• [a]. Eis, the point they were going towards.
• [b]. Pros, that 'in the presence of,' 'at which' they were. (Pros with accusative is 'at,' if the place is reached.)
• [c]. Zech. 9.9.
• [d]. Lit. 'son of one under yoke.'
• [e]. Ps. 118.25-26. Hosanna signifies 'Save now.'
• [f]. As ch. 1.22.