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Matthew 21:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Matthew 21:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 The disciples went off and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their cloaks on their backs, and he sat on them.[a] 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
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- Matthew 21:7 He sat on them [the cloaks]: from Mark (11:2) and Luke (19:30), we know that Jesus rode on the colt. It was customary for a mother donkey to follow her offspring closely. Hence Matthew mentions two animals.
