Matthew 21:4
Good News Translation
This happened in order to make come true what the prophet had said:

New Revised Standard Version
This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying,

Contemporary English Version
So God's promise came true, just as the prophet had said,

New American Bible
This happened so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

this.

Matthew 1:22 Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying:

Matthew 26:56 Now all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples, all leaving him, fled.

John 19:36,37 For these things were done that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him. . . .

saying.

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

John 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold thy king cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

Context
The Triumphal Entry
3And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye that the Lord hath need of them. And forthwith he will let them go. 4Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: 5Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke.…
Cross References
Matthew 21:3
And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye that the Lord hath need of them. And forthwith he will let them go.

Mark 11:7
And they brought the colt to Jesus. And they lay their garments on him: and he sat upon him.

Luke 19:35
And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon.

John 12:12
And on the next day, a great multitude that was come to the festival day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

Matthew 21:3
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