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This happened, and what the prophet of God said long ago, came true.

He said, `Tell the people of Zion: See, your king is coming to you. He is not proud. He rides a donkey. It is a young animal.'

The disciples went and did what Jesus told them to do.

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This took place to fulfill(A) what was spoken through the prophet:

“Say to Daughter Zion,
    ‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
    and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[a](B)

The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:5 Zech. 9:9

[a]All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

“Tell(A) the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”

(B)So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:4 NU omits All

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

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Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

[a]Tell ye the daughter of Zion,
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,
Meek, and riding upon an ass,
And upon a colt the foal of an ass.

And the disciples went, and did even as Jesus appointed them,

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