Palm Sunday
Matthew 21:1-11, 15-16 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew was a disciple of Jesus. That means Jesus was his teacher. And the word gospel means “good news!” We begin in the town of Jerusalem when people found out that. . . Jesus was coming! The people were so excited that Jesus was coming! They might have said to each other, “Jesus is coming!” The people were so excited and wanted to celebrate and cheer for Jesus because they knew Jesus was special, and they had heard about all the amazing things Jesus had done. The people may have shouted, “Yay, Jesus!” The whole town lined up on the street to see Jesus. They took their coats off and laid them on the ground to make a special path for Jesus. And the people held palm branches up high so they could wave them like flags. When they saw Jesus, they wanted to be ready to celebrate and cheer for Jesus. You can pretend, too! Pretend you have a palm branch in your hand. Wave your palm branch and s