Marcos 11

The Triumphal Entry

1 When  * 11:1–11 Mt 21:1–11; Lk 19:28–44; Jn 12:12–19 they approached Jerusalem,  * 11:1 Mt 23:37; Ac 8:1 at Bethphage and Bethany  * 11:1 Mt 26:6; Lk 24:50; Jn 11:1,18; 12:1 near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2 and told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this? ’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’ "

4 So they went and found a colt outside in the street, tied by a door. They untied it, 5 and some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt? " 6 They answered them just as Jesus had said; so they let them go.

7 They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes on it, and he sat on it. 8 Many people spread their clothes on the road,  * 11:8 Mk 8:27 and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields.  * 11:8 Other mss read others were cutting leafy branches from the trees and spreading them on the road9 Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted:

Hosanna!

Blessed is he who comes

in the name* 11:9 Jn 10:25of the Lord!* 11:9 Ps 118:26,* 11:9 Lk 1:42; Heb 6:14

10 Blessed is the coming kingdom  * 11:10 Mk 1:15; 9:1

of our father David!  * 11:10 Lk 1:27; Ac 2:29; 4:25

Hosanna* 11:10 Mk 11:9 in the highest heaven!

11 He went into Jerusalem  * 11:11 Mt 23:37 and into the temple.  * 11:11 Ac 21:26 After looking around at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany  * 11:11 Mk 11:1 with the Twelve.