Matthew 21:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 (A)“Say to daughter Zion,
‘Behold, your king comes to you,
meek and riding on an ass,
and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them. 7 [a]They brought the ass and the colt and laid their cloaks over them, and he sat upon them.
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- 21:7 Upon them: upon the two animals; an awkward picture resulting from Matthew’s misunderstanding of the prophecy.
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