Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

“Say to the daughter of Zion,
    ‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
    and[a] on a colt, the foal of a pack animal.’”[b]

So the disciples went[c] and did[d] just as Jesus directed them,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:5 Or “even”
  2. Matthew 21:5 A quotation from Zech 9:9
  3. Matthew 21:6 Here the participle (“went”) is translated as a finite verb because of English style
  4. Matthew 21:6 Here the participle (“did”) is translated as a finite verb because of English style