19:28 After Jesus 27 had said this, he continued on ahead, 28 going up to Jerusalem. 29 19:29 Now 30 when he approached Bethphage 31 and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, 32 he sent two of the disciples, 19:30 telling them, 33 “Go to the village ahead of you. 34 When 35 you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. 36 Untie it and bring it here. 19:31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs 37 it.’” 19:32 So those who were sent ahead found 38 it exactly 39 as he had told them. 19:33 As 40 they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, 41 “Why are you untying that colt?” 19:34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.” 19:35 Then 42 they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks 43 on the colt, 44 and had Jesus get on 45 it. 19:36 As 46 he rode along, they 47 spread their cloaks on the road. 19:37 As he approached the road leading down from 48 the Mount of Olives, 49 the whole crowd of his 50 disciples began to rejoice 51 and praise 52 God with a loud voice for all the mighty works 53 they had seen: 54 19:38 “Blessed is the king 55 who comes in the name of the Lord! 56 Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 19:39 But 57 some of the Pharisees 58 in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 59 19:40 He answered, 60 “I tell you, if they 61 keep silent, the very stones 62 will cry out!”
19:41 Now 63 when Jesus 64 approached 65 and saw the city, he wept over it, 19:42 saying, “If you had only known on this day, 66 even you, the things that make for peace! 67 But now they are hidden 68 from your eyes. 19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build 69 an embankment 70 against you and surround you and close in on you from every side. 19:44 They will demolish you 71 – you and your children within your walls 72 – and they will not leave within you one stone 73 on top of another, 74 because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” 75
19:45 Then 76 Jesus 77 entered the temple courts 78 and began to drive out those who were selling things there, 79 19:46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ 80 but you have turned it into a den 81 of robbers!” 82
19:47 Jesus 83 was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law 84 and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate 85 him, 19:48 but 86 they could not find a way to do it, 87 for all the people hung on his words. 88