19:28 After Jesus ¹  had said this, he continued on ahead, ²  going up to Jerusalem. ³  19:29 Now ⁴  when he approached Bethphage ⁵  and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, ⁶  he sent two of the disciples, 19:30 telling them, ⁷  “Go to the village ahead of you. ⁸  When ⁹  you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ¹⁰  Untie it and bring it here. 19:31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs ¹¹  it.’” 19:32 So those who were sent ahead found ¹²  it exactly ¹³  as he had told them. 19:33 As ¹⁴  they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, ¹⁵  “Why are you untying that colt?” 19:34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.” 19:35 Then ¹⁶  they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks ¹⁷  on the colt, ¹⁸  and had Jesus get on ¹⁹  it. 19:36 As ²⁰  he rode along, they ²¹  spread their cloaks on the road. 19:37 As he approached the road leading down from ²²  the Mount of Olives, ²³  the whole crowd of his ²⁴  disciples began to rejoice ²⁵  and praise ²⁶  God with a loud voice for all the mighty works ²⁷  they had seen: ²⁸  19:38 “Blessed is the king ²⁹  who comes in the name of the Lord! ³⁰  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 19:39 But ³¹  some of the Pharisees ³²  in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” ³³  19:40 He answered, ³⁴  “I tell you, if they ³⁵  keep silent, the very stones ³⁶  will cry out!”

19:41 Now ³⁷  when Jesus ³⁸  approached ³⁹  and saw the city, he wept over it, 19:42 saying, “If you had only known on this day, ⁴⁰  even you, the things that make for peace! ⁴¹  But now they are hidden ⁴²  from your eyes. 19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build ⁴³  an embankment ⁴⁴  against you and surround you and close in on you from every side. 19:44 They will demolish you ⁴⁵  – you and your children within your walls ⁴⁶  – and they will not leave within you one stone ⁴⁷  on top of another, ⁴⁸  because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” ⁴⁹ 

19:45 Then ⁵⁰  Jesus ⁵¹  entered the temple courts ⁵²  and began to drive out those who were selling things there, ⁵³  19:46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ ⁵⁴  but you have turned it into a den ⁵⁵  of robbers!” ⁵⁶ 

19:47 Jesus ⁵⁷  was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law ⁵⁸  and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate ⁵⁹  him, 19:48 but ⁶⁰  they could not find a way to do it, ⁶¹  for all the people hung on his words. ⁶²