Luke
19: 28-48
The Triumphal Entry
28After Jesus had said this, he went on
ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29As he approached Bethphage
and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying
to them, 30"Go to the village ahead of you, and as you
enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and
bring it here. 31If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying
it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.' "
32Those who were sent ahead went and
found it just as he had told them. 33As they were untying the
colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
34They replied, "The Lord needs
it."
35They brought it to Jesus, threw their
cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36As he went along,
people spread their cloaks on the road.
37When he came near the place where the
road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise
God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
38"Blessed is the king who comes in
the name of the Lord!"
"Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"
39Some of the Pharisees in the crowd
said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
40"I tell you," he replied,
"if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."
41As he approached Jerusalem and saw
the city, he wept over it 42and said, "If you, even you,
had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your
eyes. 43The days will come upon you when your enemies will
build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within
your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the
time of God's coming to you."
Jesus at the Temple
45Then he entered the temple area and
began driving out those who were selling. 46"It is
written," he said to them, " 'My house will be a house of prayer'; but you have
made it 'a den of robbers.'"
47Every day he was teaching at the
temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people
were trying to kill him. 48Yet they could not find any way to
do it, because all the people hung on his words.
