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If anyone tries to stop you, then tell him, “The Master needs these,” and he will send the donkey and foal immediately.

He sent the disciples on ahead so His entry into Jerusalem could fulfill what the prophet Zechariah had long since foretold:

Tell this to Zion’s daughter,
    “Look—your King is approaching,
    seated humbly on a donkey,
    a young foal, a beast of burden.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:5 Zechariah 9:9

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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:5 Zech. 9:9