8. Iningi lesixuku lendlala izingubo zalo endleleni, kepha abanye bagawula amahlamvu emithini, bawendlala endleleni.
9. Izixuku ezazihamba phambili nezazimlandela zamemeza zathi:“Hosiyana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide!Ubusisiwe ozayo egameni leNkosi.Hosiyana kweliphezulu!”
10. Kwathi esangena eJerusalema, umuzi wonke wanyakaza, wathi: “Ngubani lo?”
11. Izixuku zathi: “Lo ungumprofethi, uJesu waseNazaretha laseGalile.”
12. UJesu wayesengena ethempelini, waxosha bonke abathengisayo nabathengayo ethempelini, wagumbuqela amatafula abashintshelana imali nezihlalo zabathengisa ngamajuba.
13. Wathi kubo: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Indlu yami iyakubizwa ngokuthi indlu yokukhuleka,’ kepha nina niyenza ‘umhume wabaphangi.’ ”
14. Kwase kufika kuye izimpumputhe nezinyonga ethempelini, waziphulukisa.
15. Kepha abapristi abakhulu nababhali, bebona izimangaliso azenzayo nabantwana bememeza ethempelini, bethi: “Hosiyana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide,” bacasuka,
16. bathi kuye: “Uyakuzwa lokhu abakushoyo laba na?”UJesu wathi kubo: “Yebo, anizange nifunde yini ukuthi: ‘Emlonyeni wezingane nowabancelayo uzilungisele indumiso,’ na?”
17. Wayesebashiya, waphuma emzini, waya eBethaniya, walala khona.
18. Kepha ekuseni esebuyela emzini walamba.