Jesus Rides a Colt to Jerusalem

256	JESUS RIDES a COLT
Matt 21		Mark 11		Luke 19		John 12
						12	The next day
							a great crowd
							who had come
1	And when	1	And when				to the feast
				28	<Having> said this,		heard that
	they drew near*		they near*		he went on ahead,		Jesus was coming
	to Jerusalem		to Jerusalem		going up to Jerusalem		to Jerusalem.
						13	So they took
							palm <fronds>
							and went out
							to meet him,
	[see Matt 21:9 below]		[see Mark 11:9 below]				crying, "Hosanna!*
					[see Luke 19:38 below]		Blessed is he who comes*
							in the name of the Lord,*
							even the King* of Israel!"
				29	When he drew near*
	and came to Beth'phage,		to Beth'phage		to Beth'phage
			and Bethany,		and Bethany,
	to the Mount		at the Mount		at the mount
	of Olives,		of Olives,		that is called Olivet,
	then Jesus sent		he <sends>		he sent	14	And Jesus
	two disciples,		two of his disciples,		two of the disciples,
2	saying to them,	2	and <says> to them,	30	saying,
	"Go into the village		"Go into the village		"Go into the village
	opposite you,		opposite you,		opposite,
	and immediately		and immediately		where
			as you enter		on entering
	you will find an ass tied,*		you will find		you will find		found a young ass
	and a colt with her;		a colt tied,*		a colt tied,*
			on which		on which
			no one has ever sat;		no one has ever yet sat;		and sat upon it;
	untie them		untie it		untie it
	and bring them to me.		and bring it.		and bring it here.
3	If any one says	3	If any one says	31	If any one asks
	anything to you,		to you,		you,
			`Why are you doing this?'		`Why are you untying it?'
	you shall say,		say,		you shall say this,
	`The Lord		`The Lord		`The Lord
	has need of them,'		has need of it		has need of it.'"
	and he will send them		and will send it back here
	immediately."		immediately.'"
4	This took place to fulfil						as
	what was spoken						it is written,
	by the prophet, saying,
	"Tell					15	"Fear not,
	the daughter of Zion,						daughter of Zion;
	Behold, your king						behold, your king
	is coming to you,						is coming,
	humble,
	and mounted on an ass,						sitting on an ass's
	and on a colt,						colt!"
	the foal of an ass."
5	The disciples	4	And they	32	So those who were sent
	went		went away,		went away
			and found a colt		and found it
			tied at the door		as he had told them.
			out in the open street;
	and did		and they untied it.	33	And as they were untying
					the colt,
		5	And
			those who stood there		its owners
			said to them,		said to them,
			"What are you doing,		"Why are you
			untying the colt?"		untying the colt?"
		6	And they told them	34	And they said,
	as Jesus had directed		what Jesus had said;		"The Lord has need of it."
	them;		and they let them go.
7	they brought the ass	7	And they brought	35	And they brought
	and the colt,		the colt		it
			to Jesus,		to Jesus,
	and put		and threw		and throwing
	their garments		their garments		their garments
	on them,		on it;		on the colt
	and he sat thereon.		and he sat upon it.		they set Jesus upon it.
		8	And	36	And as he rode along,
	Most of the crowd spread		many spread		they spread
	their garments		their garments		their garments
	on the road,		on the road,		on the road.
	and others		and others spread
	cut branches		leafy branches
			which they had cut
	from the trees		from the fields.
	and spread them
	on the road.
9	And	9	And	37	As he was now
					drawing near,
					at the descent
					of the Mount of Olives,
	the crowds		those		the whole multitude
	that went before him		who went before
	and that followed him		and those who followed		of the disciples	16	His disciples
					began to rejoice		did not understand this
					and praise God		at first;
					with a loud voice		but
					for all the mighty works
					that they had seen,
	<cried out, saying,>		cried out,	38	saying,
	"Hosanna*		"Hosanna!*				[see John 12:13 above]
	to the Son of David!
	Blessed is he*		Blessed is he *		"Blessed is the King *
	who comes *		who comes*		who comes*
	in the name of the Lord!*		in the name of the Lord!*		in the name of the Lord!*
		10	Blessed is the kingdom
			of our father David
			that is coming!
	Hosanna		Hosanna		Peace in heaven
	in the highest!"		in the highest!"		and glory in the highest!"		when Jesus was glorified,
				39	And some of the Pharisees
					in the multitude
					said to him,
					"Teacher,
					rebuke your disciples."
				40	He answered,
					"I tell you,
					if these were silent,
					the very stones
					would cry out."
							then
							they remembered that
							this had been written
							of him
							and had been done
							to him.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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	No parallel text in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
<says>	RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
256	Sequence in synoptic outlines