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Chapter 22 - Entry Into Jerusalem
1. As they approached Jerusalem at Bethphage near the Mount of Olives, Jmmanuel sent forth two of his disciples and said to them,
2. "Go into the village that lies ahead, and forthwith you will find a female donkey tied to a post and a foal with her; untie her and bring her to me, because she is a present to me and is only temporarily being kept there at the stable.
3. "And if anyone questions you, say, 'Jmmanuel of Nazareth needs her.” and right away he will let you have her.
4. The disciples went there and did as Jmmanuel had told them.
5. They brought the female donkey and the foal, and they laid their clothes on the old animal, and he mounted it.
6. When the people heard that Jmmanuel, the king of wisdom, was coming, they spread their clothes on the path. Others cut branches from the trees and scattered them on the path.
7. And the people who walked ahead of him and those who followed him shouted and said, "Hail to the descendant of David. Praise be to him who comes to proclaim anew the teachings of truth.
8. And when they entered Jerusalem, the whole city became excited and asked, "Who is it that's coming?"
9. The people replied, "It is Jmmanuel, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee, who brings anew the teachings of truth.