Hi friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So here is how it works. I'll read three chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible or online, and then I'll pray. And that's it. Today is day 28, and I'll be reading

Matthew chapters 21 through 23 from the new living translation. And if you got your let's read

the gospel's guided journal, we are on page 181.

Matthew 21.

As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethpage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. Go into the village over there, he said.

As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there with its cult beside it.

Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone asks, what are you doing? Just say, the Lord needs them,

and he will immediately let you take them. This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said,

tell the people of Jerusalem, look, your king is coming to you. He is humble riding on a donkey, riding on a donkey's

colt. The two disciples did as Jesus commanded. They brought the donkey and the cult to him and threw

their garments over the colt, and he sat on it. Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road

ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees

and spread them on the road. Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around

him were shouting, praise God for the son of David. Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the

Lord. Praise God in highest heaven. The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered.

Who is this? they asked.

And the crowds replied, it's Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth and Galilee.

Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice.

He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

He said to them, the scriptures declare my temple will be called a house of prayer, but you have

turned it into a den of thieves. The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed

them. The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles

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