Matthew 21:2

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telling them,“Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

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  • John 2:5-8 : 5 His mother told the servants,“Whatever he tells you, do it.” 6 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus told the servants,“Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the very top. 8 Then he told them,“Now draw some out and take it to the head steward,” and they did.
  • Matt 26:18 : 18 He said,“Go into the city to a certain man and tell him,‘The Teacher says,“My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house.”’”
  • Mark 11:2-3 : 2 and said to them,“Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone says to you,‘Why are you doing this?’ say,‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.’”
  • Mark 14:13-16 : 13 He sent two of his disciples and told them,“Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says,“Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ 15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” 16 So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
  • Luke 19:30-32 : 30 telling them,“Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you,‘Why are you untying it?’ just say,‘The Lord needs it.’” 32 So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

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  • Mark 11:1-9
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    1The Triumphal Entry Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

    2and said to them,“Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

    3If anyone says to you,‘Why are you doing this?’ say,‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.’”

    4So they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.

    5Some people standing there said to them,“What are you doing, untying that colt?”

    6They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go.

    7Then they brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

    8Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

    9Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting,“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

  • Luke 19:28-37
    10 verses
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    28The Triumphal Entry After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

    29Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

    30telling them,“Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

    31If anyone asks you,‘Why are you untying it?’ just say,‘The Lord needs it.’”

    32So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

    33As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them,“Why are you untying that colt?”

    34They replied,“The Lord needs it.”

    35Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it.

    36As he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

    37As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen:

  • Matt 21:3-10
    8 verses
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    3If anyone says anything to you, you are to say,‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”

    4This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

    5“Tell the people of Zion,‘Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

    6So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

    7They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.

    8A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

    9The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

    10As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, saying,“Who is this?”

  • 1The Triumphal Entry Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

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    12The Triumphal Entry The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

    13So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout,“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!”

    14Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

    15“Do not be afraid, people of Zion; look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt!”

  • 9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey– on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.

  • 27He told his sons,“Saddle my donkey.” So they saddled it.

  • 13He then told his sons,“Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

  • 16So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

  • 13So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

  • John 2:14-15
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    69%

    14He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

    15So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

  • 21So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

  • 3Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.

  • 24She saddled the donkey and told her servant,“Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so.”

  • 16So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

  • 23And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.

  • 5Then he said to them,“Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

  • 11Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

  • 15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

  • 10He said to them,“Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,

  • 13He sent two of his disciples and told them,“Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

  • 17Third Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,