Matthew 21:6-17

New King James Version

^6 (A)So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. ⁷ They brought the donkey and the colt, ^(B)laid their clothes on them, ^[a]and set Him on them. ⁸ And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; ^(C)others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. ⁹ Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:

^10 (E)And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”

¹¹ So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, ^(F)the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple^(G)

^12 (H)Then Jesus went into the temple ^[b]of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the ^(I)money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. ¹³ And He said to them, “It is written, ^(J)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ^(K)‘den of thieves.’ ”

¹⁴ Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. ¹⁵ But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the ^(L)Son of David!” they were ^[c]indignant ¹⁶ and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”

And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,

¹⁷ Then He left them and ^(N)went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.