=His last week=

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PALM SUNDAY—­THE DAY OF TRIUMPH

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.

On the morrow when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, “Go your way into the village that is over against you:  and straightway as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him.  And if any one say unto you, ‘Why do ye this?’ say ye, ‘The Lord hath need of him’; and straightway he will send him back hither.”

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

    “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 they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the open street:  and they loose him.  And certain of them that stood there said unto them, “What do ye, loosing the colt?” And they said unto them even as Jesus had said:  and they let them go.  And they bring the colt unto Jesus, and cast on him their garments; and he sat upon him.

And the most part of the multitude spread their garments upon the way; and others branches, which they had cut from the fields.  And as he was drawing nigh, even at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen.  And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Blessed is the kingdom that cometh, the kingdom of our father David:  Hosanna in the highest.”

These things understood not his disciples at the first:  but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

The multitude, therefore, that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.  For this cause also the multitude went and met him, for that they heard that he had done this sign.

And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, “Teacher, rebuke thy disciples.”

And he answered and said, “I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.”

And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.  For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee:  and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”