11 ¹ THEY WERE NOW APPROACHING Jerusalem, and when they reached Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, 11 ² he sent two of his disciples with these instructions: 'Go to the village opposite, and, just as you enter, you will find tethered there a colt which no one has yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 11 ³ If anyone asks, "Why are you doing that?", say, "Our Master Or: Its owner. needs it, and will send it back here without delay." ' 11 ⁴ So they went off, and found the colt tethered to a door outside in the street. 11 ⁵ They were untying it when some of the bystanders asked, 'What are you doing, untying that colt?' 11 ⁶ They answered as Jesus had told them, and were then allowed to take it. 11 ⁷ So they brought the colt to Jesus and spread their cloaks on it, and he mounted. 11 ⁸ And people carpeted the road with their cloaks, while others spread brushwood which they had cut in the fields; 11 ^{9 [ Ps.118.25-26. ]} and those who went ahead and the others who came behind shouted, 'Hosanna! 11 ¹⁰ Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessings on the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the heavens!'

11 ¹¹ He entered Jerusalem and went into the temple, where he looked at the whole scene; but, as it was now late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.