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Matthew 21:1-17

Hosanna to the Son of David

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Hosanna to the Son of David

Matthew 21:1-17

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This song belongs to the Matthew collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Matthew
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Matthew
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[Intro - hoofbeat pickup] Loose the ass and the colt. If any man ask: The Lord hath need of them. The disciples went as Jesus commanded; The road toward Jerusalem opened. [Refrain - procession] Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord! Garments underfoot, branches in the way, Hosanna in the highest! [Verse 1 - prophecy in motion] Tell the daughter of Sion: Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, Meek, and sitting upon an ass, Upon a colt, the foal of an ass. Before Him and behind Him the multitudes answered; The city moved and asked, Who is this? [Post-Chorus - answer] This is Jesus the prophet, Of Nazareth of Galilee. [Breakdown - temple] He entered the temple of God. Tables of moneychangers overturned; Seats of them that sold doves fell. My house shall be called the house of prayer; Ye have made it a den of thieves. [Verse 2 - praise contested] The blind and the lame came near in the temple; He healed them there. Chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things. Children cried, Hosanna to the Son of David! They were sore displeased. Hearest Thou what these say? [Refrain - children carry it] Yea. Have ye never read? Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise. Hosanna to the Son of David! [Outro - road quiets] He left them and went out of the city. He lodged that night in Bethany.

Named in this songJesusJerusalemDavidNazarethBethany

About the passage

Matthew 21: The king enters, and the question becomes fruit

Jerusalem receives Jesus with royal language, prophetic imagery, and public uncertainty about who he is. The Book of Matthew presents the entrance as deliberate: Jesus sends for the animals, the crowd cries “Hosanna,” and Zechariah’s meek king frames the procession. In the temple, he drives out buying and selling, but the cleared space is immediately filled with healing as the blind and lame come to him and children continue the praise the leaders resent. A fruitless fig tree then turns the chapter’s concern toward what visible promise actually produces. The question of authority leads to John’s baptism, where the leaders calculate the consequences of each possible answer rather than state what they believe. Two vineyard parables press the issue further. One son refuses but later obeys; another speaks respectfully and does nothing. Tenants recognize the heir and kill him. Again and again, correct position, speech, or stewardship is tested by fruit, and the chapter closes with leaders recognizing themselves in the warning without repenting.

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