Luke 19:28-40

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Triumphal Entry

²⁸ When^(A) He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.^{(B) 29} As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives,^(C) He sent two of the disciples ³⁰ and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say this: ‘The Lord needs it.’”

³² So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.^{(D) 33} As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”

³⁴ “The Lord needs it,” they said. ³⁵ Then^(E) they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it.^{(F) 36} As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.^{(G) 37} Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

⁴⁰ He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”^(L)