And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

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Many people spread clothes on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.[a]

(A) In front of Jesus and behind him, people went along shouting,

“Hooray![b]
God bless the one who comes
    in the name of the Lord!
10 God bless the coming kingdom
    of our ancestor David.
Hooray for God
    in heaven above!”

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Footnotes

  1. 11.8 spread … branches from the fields: This was one way that the Jewish people welcomed a famous person.
  2. 11.9 Hooray: This translates a word that can mean “please save us.” But it is most often used as a shout of praise to God.