Study Desk

^(C1)When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at ^(C2)the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples,

saying 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.

"And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them on immediately."

Now ^(C1)this ^(F1)took place so that what was spoken through ^(F2)the prophet would be fulfilled:

"^(C1)SAY 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.'"

The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their cloaks on them; and He sat on ^(F1)the cloaks.

Most of the crowd ^(C1)spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

Now the crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "^(F1)Hosanna to the ^(C1)Son of David; ^(C2)BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; ^(F1)Hosanna ^(C3)in the highest!"

When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"

And the crowds were saying, "This is ^(C1)Jesus the prophet, from ^(C2)Nazareth in Galilee."

^(C1)And 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 ^(C2)money changers and the seats of those who were selling ^(C3)doves.

And He ^(*)said to them, "It is written: '^(C1)MY HOUSE WILL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ^(C2)DEN OF ROBBERS."

And those who were blind and those who limped came to Him in the temple area, and ^(C1)He healed them.

But 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, "^(F1)Hosanna to the ^(C1)Son of David," they became indignant,

and they said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus ^(*)said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, '^(C1)FROM THE MOUTHS OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"

And He left them and went out of the city to ^(C1)Bethany, and spent the night there.