3. If anyone asks why you are doing that, say, ‘The Lord needs it and will soon bring it back.’ ”
4. The disciples left and found the donkey tied near a door that faced the street. While they were untying it,
5. some of the people standing there asked, “Why are you untying the donkey?”
6. They told them what Jesus had said, and the people let them take it.
7. The disciples led the donkey to Jesus. They put some of their clothes on its back, and Jesus got on.
8. Many people spread clothes on the road, while others went to cut branches from the fields.
9. In front of Jesus and behind him, people went along shouting,“Hooray!God bless the one who comesin the name of the Lord!
25-26. Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.
27. Jesus and his disciples returned to Jerusalem. And as he was walking through the temple, the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses came over to him.
28. They asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
29. Jesus answered, “I have just one question to ask you. If you answer it, I will tell you where I got the right to do these things.
30. Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”
31. They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.
32. On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet. So we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.”They were afraid of the crowd
33. and told Jesus, “We don't know.”Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”