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The Book of Jesus Chapter Fourteen: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
there. Untie it and bring the colt to me. If anyone says to you, 'What are you doing? Why are you untying the colt?' You are to say
this; 'The master needs him for a while, but he will send the colt back when he is finished.'
NARRATOR.
The disciples went off and found everything just as he had told them. They found a colt tied outside a door where the two roads met.
As they were untying the colt, some men standing there, of whom one was its' owner said:
OWNER.
What are you doing untying that colt?
DISCIPLES.
The master needs it!
NARRATOR.
The men let them go and took the colt to Jesus. The disciples threw their garments over the colt's back and helped Jesus onto it and he
sat on the garments. This was to fulfill the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9:
"Rejoice greatly, Oh daughter of Zion. Shout with gladness, Oh daughter of Jerusalem! Look, your King comes to you. He is
victorious, he is triumphant. He is humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
At first, these things were not understood by his disciples. But after Jesus had been glorified, they remembered that these things had
been written about him and that this was in fact how they had received him. As he moved on, many, many people spread their cloaks
on the road, others cut down branches off the trees and spread them on the road like a carpet. As he approached the downward slope
of the Mount of Olives, the whole group of disciples joyfully began to rejoice and praise God at the top of their voices for all the
mighty works they had seen.
DISCIPLES.
Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens!
NARRATOR.
When the crowds who had come up for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, they took branches of palm and
went out to meet him. The crowds who went in front of him and the crowds who followed him were all shouting:
CROWDS.
Hosanna to the Son of David... Hosanna... Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord...Blessed is the Kingdom of our
father David...Blessings on the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord...Hosanna in the highest heavens!
NARRATOR.
Some of the Pharisees who were among the crowd said to him:
PHARISEES.
Master, tell your disciples to stop!
JESUS.
I tell you, that if they were to keep silent the stones would start to cry out.
NARRATOR.
As Jesus approached and was in sight of the city he wept over it and said:
JESUS.
If you had only known, only you. If you had even at least realized today, your day, the things that are yours for your peace. But now,
they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you when your enemies will raise fortifications all around you and
encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will level you and dash your children inside your walls to the ground and they will
not leave one stone standing on another within you. All of this, because you did not know the time of your inspection.
NARRATOR.
All who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead gave witness to what had happened
and what they had seen. It was also on account of this that the crowds came out to meet him because they had heard that he had given
this sign. The Pharisees then said to one another:
PHARISEES.
You see, there is nothing you can do! Look, the whole world is running after him!
NARRATOR.
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in an uproar.
PEOPLE.
Who is this?
CROWDS.
This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.
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