Matthew 21:1–7
Five days before his saving passion, wanting also to fulfill the prophets’ voices spoken about him, he commands the two disciples to go away into the village opposite Bethphage and Bethany and bring him the unbroken colt. That Matthew says a donkey and a colt were brought to the Lord, while Luke and Mark recalled only one beast, is no conflict: when the colt was being led as the disciples were commanded, the donkey also sprang along, following her child as an affectionate mother (Matthew 21:1–7).
Greek
Πρὸ πέντε ἡμερῶν τοῦ σωτηριώδους αὐτοῦ πάθους ἀναπληρῶσαι βουλόμενος καὶ τὰς φωνὰς τῶν προφητῶν τὰς περὶ αὐτοῦ εἰρημένας κελεύει τοῖς δυσὶ μαθηταῖς ἀπιέναι εἰς τὸ κωμύδριον τὸ ἀντικρὺ Βηθ φαγὴ καὶ Βηθανίαν καὶ ἐνέγκαι τὸν ἀσαλῆ πῶλον αὐτοῦ. ὅτι δὲ ὁ μὲν Ματθαῖος ὄνον καὶ πῶλον ἀγηοχέναι τῷ κυρίῳ λέγει, Λουκᾶς δὲ καὶ Μᾶρκος ἑνὸς μόνου ὑποζυγίου ἀπεμνημόνευσαν, οὐ μάχης τὸ εἰρημένον· τοῦ γὰρ πώλου ἀγομένου κατὰ τὸ κελευσθὲν ὑπὸ τῶν μαθητῶν ἐφήλατο καὶ ἡ ὄνος τῷ αὐτῆς τέκνῳ ἀκολουθοῦσα ὡς φιλόστοργος μήτηρ.