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!”
11. Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the Temple. He looked at everything in the Temple area, but it was already late. So he went to Bethany with the twelve apostles.
12. The next day, Jesus was leaving Bethany. He was hungry.
13. He saw a fig tree with leaves. So he went to the tree to see if it had any figs growing on it. But he found no figs on the tree. There were only leaves, because it was not the right time for figs to grow.