Who Is This King?

¹And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ²saying to them, “Go into the village before you, and right away you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. ³And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” ⁴Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, ⁵“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a pack animal.’ ” ⁶So the disciples went and did just as Jesus directed them, ⁷and brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. ⁸And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. ⁹And the crowds who went ahead of him and the ones who followed were shouting, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” ¹⁰And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”

²⁶Now while they were eating Jesus took bread and, after giving thanks, he broke it, and giving it to the disciples, he said, “Take, eat, this is my body.” ²⁷And after taking the cup and giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, ²⁸for this is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

⁴¹And when he approached and saw the city, he wept over it, ⁴²saying, “If you had known on this day—even you—the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³For days will come upon you and your enemies will put up an embankment against you, and will surround you and press you hard from all directions. ⁴⁴And they will raze you to the ground, you and your children within you, and will not leave a stone upon a stone within you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

³because he knew that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and that he had come forth from God and was going away to God, ⁴he got up from the dinner and took off his outer clothing, and taking a towel, tied it around himself. ⁵Then he poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them dry with the towel which he had tied around himself.

⁸but God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

⁵Think this in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped, ⁷but emptied himself by taking the form of a slave, by becoming in the likeness of people. And being found in appearance like a man, ⁸he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, that is, death on a cross.