2. and he said to them: "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately upon entering there, you will find a colt tied, on which no man has yet sat. Release him and bring him.
3. And if anyone will say to you: 'What are you doing?' Say that the Lord has need of him. And he will immediately send him here."
4. And going out, they found the colt tied before the outer gate, at the meeting of two ways. And they untied him.
5. And some of those who were standing there said to them, "What are you doing by releasing the colt?"
6. And they spoke to them just as Jesus had instructed them. And they permitted them.
7. And they led the colt to Jesus. And they placed their garments on it; and he sat upon it.
8. Then many spread their garments along the way; but others cut down leafy branches from trees and scattered them on the way.
9. And those who went ahead, and those who followed, cried out saying: "Hosanna! Blessed is he who has arrived in the name of the Lord.
10. Blessed is the advent of the kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest!"
11. And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple. And having looked around at everything, since it was now the evening hour, he went out to Bethania with the twelve.
12. And the next day, as they were departing from Bethania, he was hungry.
13. And when he had seen a fig tree with leaves in the distance, he went to it, in case he might find something on it. And when he had gone to it, he found nothing but leaves. For it was not the season for figs.
14. And in response, he said to it, "From now on and forever, may no one eat fruit from you again!" And his disciples heard this.
15. And they went to Jerusalem. And when he had entered into the temple, he began to cast out the sellers and the buyers in the temple. And he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the chairs of the vendors of doves.
16. And he would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple.
17. And he taught them, saying: "Is it not written: 'For my house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations?' But you have made it into a den of robbers."
18. And when the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, had heard this, they sought a means by which they might destroy him. For they feared him, because the entire multitude was in admiration over his doctrine.
19. And when evening had arrived, he departed from the city.