1. And when they had drawn near to Jerusalem, and had arrived at Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2. saying to them: "Go into the town that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Release them, and lead them to me.
3. And if anyone will have said anything to you, say that the Lord has need of them. And he will promptly dismiss them."
4. Now all this was done in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5. "Tell the daughter of Zion: Behold, your king comes to you meekly, sitting on a donkey and on a colt, the son of one accustomed to the yoke."
6. Then the disciples, going out, did just as Jesus instructed them.
7. And they brought the donkey and the colt, and they laid their garments on them, and they helped him sit upon them.
8. Then a very numerous crowd spread their garments on the way. But others cut branches from the trees and scattered them on the way.
9. And the crowds that preceded him, and those that followed, cried out, saying: "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!"
10. And when he had entered into Jerusalem, the entire city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"
11. But the people were saying, "This is Jesus, the Prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."
12. And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and he cast out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of the vendors of doves.
13. And he said to them: "It is written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer. But you have made it into a den of robbers.' "
14. And the blind and the lame drew near to him in the temple; and he healed them.