3. If anyone asks you why you are taking the donkey, tell them, ‘The Master needs it. He will send it back soon.’”
4. The followers went into the town. They found a young donkey tied in the street near the door of a house, and they untied it.
5. Some people were standing there and saw this. They asked, “What are you doing? Why are you untying that donkey?”
6. The followers answered the way Jesus told them, and the people let them take the donkey.
7. The followers brought the donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on it, and Jesus sat on it.
8. Many people spread their coats on the road for Jesus. Others cut branches in the fields and spread the branches on the road.
9. Some of them were walking ahead of Jesus. Others were walking behind him. Everyone shouted, “‘Praise Him!’ ‘Welcome! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Psalm 118:25-26
10. “God bless the kingdom of our father David. That kingdom is coming! Praise to God in heaven!”