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If anyone asks why you are doing this, just say, ‘The Lord[a] needs them.’ He will at once let you have the donkeys.”

So God's promise came true, just as the prophet had said,

(A) “Announce to the people
    of Jerusalem:
‘Your king is coming to you!
He is humble
    and rides on a donkey.
He comes on the colt
    of a donkey.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 21.3 The Lord: Or “The master of the donkeys.”

If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

This took place to fulfill(A) what was spoken through the prophet:

“Say to Daughter Zion,
    ‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
    and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 21:5 Zech. 9:9