The Triumphal Entry

²⁸And when he had said these things, bhe went on ahead, cgoing up to Jerusalem. ²⁹dWhen he drew near to Bethphage and eBethany, at fthe mount that is called Olivet, he sent gtwo of the disciples, ³⁰saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, hon which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” ³²So those who were sent went away and found it ijust as he had told them. ³³And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” ³⁴And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” ³⁵And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. ³⁶And as he rode along, they jspread their cloaks on the road. ³⁷As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—kthe whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice lfor all the mighty works that they had seen, ³⁸saying, m“Blessed is nthe King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and oglory in the highest!” ³⁹pAnd some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” ⁴⁰He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, qthe very stones would cry out.”

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

⁴¹rAnd when he drew near and saw the city, she wept over it, ⁴²saying, t“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now uthey are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³For vthe days will come upon you, when your enemies wwill set up a barricade around you and xsurround you and hem you in on every side ⁴⁴yand tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And zthey will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know athe time of your bvisitation.”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

⁴⁵cAnd he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, ⁴⁶saying to them, “It is written, d‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but eyou have made it a den of robbers.”

⁴⁷fAnd he was teaching daily in the temple. gThe chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, ⁴⁸but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

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