Study Desk

When^(o) He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.^(p)

As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives,^(q) He sent two of the disciples

and said, "Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?' say this: ‘The Lord needs it.'"

So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.^(r)

As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the donkey?"

"The Lord needs it," they said.

Then^(s) they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it.^(t)

As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.^(u)

Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

The King ^(v) who comes in the name of the Lord ^[j](w)[k] is the blessed One. Peace in heaven and glory^(x) in the highest heaven!^(y)

Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples."

He answered, "I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!" ^(z)

As He approached and saw the city, He wept^(aa) over it,

saying, "If you knew^(ab) this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden^(ac) from your eyes.

For the days will come on you^(ad) when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. ^(ae)

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground,^(af) and they will not leave one stone on another^(ag) in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation." ^(ah)

He^(ai) went into the temple complex and began to throw out those who were selling,^[l]

and He said, "It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, ^(aj) but you have made it a den of thieves !" ^(ak)[m]

Every day He was teaching^(al) in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy^(am) Him,

but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people^(an) were captivated by what they heard.^[n]