3 And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say ‘The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.’ ”
4 And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.
5 And some of those who were standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”
6 So they told them, just as Jesus had said, and they allowed them to take it.
7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and he sat on it.
8 And many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches they had cut from the fields.
9 And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!