Jesus
sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
Context / meaning
Matthew 20 [34.] Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
Matthew 21 [1.] When they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage,[a] to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
Matthew 21 [4.] All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
Matthew 21 [5.] “Tell the daughter of Zion,
behold, your King comes to you,
humble, and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”[b]
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 21:1 TR & NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage”.
b. Matthew 21:5 Zechariah 9:9.
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PIB Scriptures are derived from the World English Bible
Matthew 21:1-3
Context / meaning
Matthew 20 [34.] Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
Matthew 21 [1.] When they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage,[a] to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
Matthew 21 [4.] All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
Matthew 21 [5.] “Tell the daughter of Zion,
behold, your King comes to you,
humble, and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”[b]
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 21:1 TR & NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage”.
b. Matthew 21:5 Zechariah 9:9.
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