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Matthew 21:5

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Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
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  1. Zechariah 9:9–10Rank 1 from verse 5
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    9¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

    10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

  2. Isaiah 62:11Rank 2 from verse 5
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    11Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

  3. Isaiah 12:6Rank 3 from verse 5
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    6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

  4. Isaiah 9:6–7Rank 4 from verse 5
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    6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

    7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

  5. Genesis 49:10Rank 5 from verse 5
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    10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

  6. Hosea 1:7Rank 6 from verse 5
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    7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

  7. Zephaniah 3:14–15Rank 7 from verse 5
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    14¶ Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

    15The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

  8. Isaiah 40:9Rank 8 from verse 5
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    9¶ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

  9. Jeremiah 23:5–6Rank 9 from verse 5
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    5¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

    6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

  10. Daniel 2:44–45Rank 10 from verse 5
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    44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

    45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

  11. Daniel 7:13–14Rank 11 from verse 5
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    13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

    14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

  12. Matthew 2:6Rank 12 from verse 5
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    6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

  13. Micah 5:2Rank 13 from verse 5
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    2But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

  14. Psalms 110:1–4Rank 14 from verse 5
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    1THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

    2The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

    3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

    4The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  15. Zechariah 6:12–13Rank 15 from verse 5
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    12And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:

    13Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

  16. Ezekiel 34:24Rank 16 from verse 5
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    24And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.

  17. Ezekiel 37:24Rank 17 from verse 5
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    24And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

  18. Mark 11:4–11Rank 18 from verse 5
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    4And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

    5And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

    6And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

    7And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.

    8And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

    9And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

    10Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

    11And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

  19. Matthew 11:29Rank 19 from verse 5
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    29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  20. Matthew 12:19–20Rank 20 from verse 5
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    19He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

    20A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

  21. Philippians 2:3–5Rank 21 from verse 5
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    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

    4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

    5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

  22. Psalms 9:14Rank 22 from verse 5
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    14That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

  23. John 19:15–22Rank 23 from verse 5
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    15But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cæsar.

    16Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

    17And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

    18Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.

    19¶ And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

    21Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

    22Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

  24. Matthew 2:2Rank 24 from verse 5
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    2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

  25. Micah 5:10–11Rank 25 from verse 5
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    10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

    11And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

  26. Psalms 72:1–20Rank 26 from verse 5
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    1GIVE the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

    2He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

    3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

    4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

    5They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

    6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

    7In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

    8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

    9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

    10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

    11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

    12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

    13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

    14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

    15And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

    16There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

    17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

    18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

    19And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

    20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

  27. 1 Kings 1:33Rank 27 from verse 5
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    33The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

  28. 1 Kings 10:26Rank 28 from verse 5
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    26¶ And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  29. 2 Corinthians 10:1Rank 29 from verse 5
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    1NOW I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

  30. 2 Samuel 16:2Rank 30 from verse 5
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    2And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

  31. Deuteronomy 17:16Rank 31 from verse 5
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    16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

  32. John 1:49Rank 32 from verse 5
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    49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

  33. Judges 12:14Rank 33 from verse 5
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    14And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

  34. Judges 5:10Rank 34 from verse 5
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    10Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

  35. Numbers 24:19Rank 35 from verse 5
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    19Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

  36. Psalms 2:6–12Rank 36 from verse 5
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    6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

    7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

    8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

    9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

    10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

    11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

    12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

  37. Psalms 45:1–17Rank 37 from verse 5
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    1MY heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

    2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

    3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

    4And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

    5Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

    6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

    7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

    8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

    9Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

    10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

    11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

    12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

    13The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

    14She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

    15With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.

    16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

    17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

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Matthew 21:5

COMBINED MEANING

tell

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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

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COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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COMBINED MEANING

king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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21:1AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

21:2Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

21:3And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

21:4All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

21:5Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

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21:6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

21:7And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

21:8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

21:9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

21:10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

21:11And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

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