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They brought the donkey and the young donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on the backs of the donkeys. Then Jesus got up and sat on one of them. Many people in the crowd put their coats down on the road. Other people cut branches down from trees. They put these branches down on the road.[a]

Many crowds of people went in front of Jesus and other people followed him. All of them were shouting,

‘We praise the Son of David!
May the Lord God bless the king who comes with his authority!
We praise God in heaven above!’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:8 The people did this so that the donkeys could walk on the coats and on the branches. People often did this when they received someone important.
  2. 21:9 See Psalms 118:26