³⁰ “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

²⁹ I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.^(A)

⁸ Jesus sent Peter and John,^(A) saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

⁹ “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.

¹⁰ He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, ¹¹ and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹² He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”

¹³ They left and found things just as Jesus had told them.^(B) So they prepared the Passover.

² When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb,^(A) at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys^(B) you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried^(C) about you. He is asking, “What shall I do about my son?”’

³ “Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel^(D) will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine. ⁴ They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread,^(E) which you will accept from them.

⁵ “After that you will go to Gibeah^(F) of God, where there is a Philistine outpost.^(G) As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets^(H) coming down from the high place^(I) with lyres, timbrels,^(J) pipes^(K) and harps^(L) being played before them, and they will be prophesying.^{(M) 6} The Spirit^(N) of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed^(O) into a different person. ⁷ Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever^(P) your hand^(Q) finds to do, for God is with^(R) you.

⁸ “Go down ahead of me to Gilgal.^(S) I will surely come down to you to sacrifice burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, but you must wait seven^(T) days until I come to you and tell you what you are to do.”

Saul Made King

⁹ As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed^(U) Saul’s heart, and all these signs^(V) were fulfilled^(W) that day.

³² Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them.^(A)