1. As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,
2. saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
3. If anyone asks you, `Why are you doing this?' tell him, `The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.'"
4. They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it,
5. some people standing there asked, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
6. They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go.
7. When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it.
8. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields.
9. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, "Hosanna! " "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
10. "Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!" "Hosanna in the highest!"
"Dear friends, don't be afraid of these who want to murder you.
They can only kill the body; they have no power over your souls.
But I'll tell you whom to fear ~ fear God who has the power to kill and then cast into hell.
"He is able to save completely all who come to God through Him."
"I am the Way ~ yes, and the Truth and the Life. No one can get to the Father except by means of me. There is salvation in no one else! Under all heaven there is no other name for men to call upon to save them. My sheep recognize my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life and they shall never perish."
"And he is able to keep you from slipping and falling away, and to bring you, sinless and perfect, into his glorious presence with mighty shouts of everlasting joy. Amen."