Mark 11:1 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Now when they came near Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Hill of Olives, he despatched two of his disciples,

¹ When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples, ² saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you and you will at once find an ass tethered with a colt alongside of her; untether them and bring them to me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, you will say that the Lord needs them; then he will at once let them go." ⁴ This took place for the fulfilment of what had been spoken by the prophet, ⁵ Tell the daughter of Sion, 'Here is your king coming to you, He is gentle and mounted on an ass, And on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.' ⁶ So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them; ⁷ they brought the ass and the colt and put their clothes on them. Jesus seated himself on them, ⁸ and the greater part of the crowd spread their clothes on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road. ⁹ And the crowds who went in front of him and who followed behind shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name! Hosanna in high heaven!" ¹⁰ When he entered Jerusalem the whole city was in excitement over him. "Who is this?" they said, ¹¹ and the crowds replied, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazaret in Galilee!"

¹⁷ Then he left them and went outside the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

³ So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

³⁰ After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives.

⁷ And summoning the twelve he proceeded to send them out two by two; he gave them power over the unclean spirits,

³ And as he sat on the Hill of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him in private,

¹³ So he despatched two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a water-jar; follow him,

²⁹ When he was near Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Olive-Orchard, he despatched two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying, "Go to the village in front, and on entering it you will find a colt tethered on which no one ever has sat; untether it and bring it. ³¹ If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untethering it?' this is what you will say, 'The Lord needs it.'" ³² The messengers went off and found the colt exactly as he had told them. ³³ As they were untethering it, the owners said to them, "Why are you untethering the colt?" ³⁴ And they said, "Because the Lord needs it." ³⁵ So they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their clothes on the colt they mounted Jesus upon it. ³⁶ As he went forward they spread their clothes under him on the road; ³⁷ and as he was now close to the descent from the Hill of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples started joyfully to praise God with a loud voice for all they had seen, ³⁸ saying, "Blessed be the king who comes in the Lord's name! Peace in heaven and glory in the High places!" ³⁹ Some Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Check your disciples, teacher." ⁴⁰ But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."

¹ but Jesus went to the Hill of Olives.

¹⁴ And Jesus came across a young ass and seated himself on it; as it is written, ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion; here is your king coming, seated on an ass's colt. ¹⁶ (His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered this had been written of him and had happened to him.) ¹⁷ Now the people who were with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, testified to it; ¹⁸ and that was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard he had performed this Sign. ¹⁹ Then said the Pharisees to one another, "You see, you can do nothing! Look, the world has gone after him."

¹² Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it.