¹ As they *This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He *This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.sent two of His disciples, ² and *This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. ³ If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.” ⁴ They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they *This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.untied it. ⁵ Some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” ⁶ They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission. ⁷ They *This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it.