Matthew 21:1-17

11When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at 2the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples, 2saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with it. Untie them and bring them to Me. 3And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them on immediately.” 4Now 3this 4took place so that what was spoken through 5the prophet would be fulfilled:5“6Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’” 6The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them, 7and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their cloaks on them; and He sat on 7the cloaks. 8Most of the crowd 8spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. 9Now the crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “9Hosanna to the 10Son of David; 11Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord; 12Hosanna 13in the highest!” 10When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?” 11And the crowds were saying, “This is 14Jesus the prophet, from 15Nazareth in Galilee.”

1216And Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the 17money changers and the seats of those who were selling 18doves. 13And He said to them, “It is written: ‘19My house will be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a 20den of robbers.”

14And those who were blind and those who limped came to Him in the temple area, and 21He healed them. 15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple area, “22Hosanna to the 23Son of David,” they became indignant, 16and they said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘24From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself’?” 17And He left them and went out of the city to 25Bethany, and spent the night there.