The Triumphal Entry

11 And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples ² and said to them, “Go into the village before you, and right away as you^[a] enter into it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.^{[b] 3} And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say^[c] ‘The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.’” ⁴ And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. ⁵ And some of those who were standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” ⁶ So they told them, just as Jesus had said, and they allowed them to take it.^{[d] 7} And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and he sat on it. ⁸ And many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread^[e] leafy branches they^[f] had cut from the fields. ⁹ And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting,

¹¹ And he went into Jerusalem to the temple, and after^[i] looking around at everything, because^[j] the hour was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.