Gospel Matthew 21:1-11 Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord! When they drew near to Jerusalem  and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives,  Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,  ‘Go into the village facing you,  and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her: untie them and bring them to me.  If anyone says anything to you, you shall say,  “The Lord has need of them,” and he will send them immediately.’ This took place to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet, saying, ‘Tell the daughter of Sion,  Behold, your king is coming to you,  humble, and mounted on an ass,  and on a colt, the foal of an ass.’ The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the ass and the colt, and put their garments on them, and he sat thereon. Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him ...