The Triumphant Entry Into Jerusalem
Worship
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
Scriptures For The Lectionary Speaking Choir
Suggestions:
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
4 readers -- 2 young adult men, 2 young adult women
Key:
1 = storyteller
2 = Jesus
3 = a bystander
4 = a follower
1: When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and
Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, [Jesus] sent two of his
disciples and said to them,
2: "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you
enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been
ridden; untie it and bring it.
(2:) If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' just say
this, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here
immediately.' "
1: They went away and found a colt tied near a door, outside in
the street.
3: As they were untying it, some of the bystanders said to them,
"What are you doing, untying the colt?"
1: They told them what Jesus had said; and they allowed them to
take it. Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their
cloaks on it; and he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks
on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut
in the fields.
4: Then those who went ahead and those who followed were
shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of
the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!"
1: Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when
he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he
went out to Bethany with the twelve.
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
4 readers -- 2 young adult men, 2 young adult women
Key:
1 = storyteller
2 = Jesus
3 = a bystander
4 = a follower
1: When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and
Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, [Jesus] sent two of his
disciples and said to them,
2: "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you
enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been
ridden; untie it and bring it.
(2:) If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' just say
this, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here
immediately.' "
1: They went away and found a colt tied near a door, outside in
the street.
3: As they were untying it, some of the bystanders said to them,
"What are you doing, untying the colt?"
1: They told them what Jesus had said; and they allowed them to
take it. Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their
cloaks on it; and he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks
on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut
in the fields.
4: Then those who went ahead and those who followed were
shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of
the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!"
1: Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when
he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he
went out to Bethany with the twelve.
