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1 When
they came near
to Jerusalem,
to Bethsphage
and Bethany, at
the Mount of
Olives, he sent
two of his
disciples
2 and
said to them,
“Go your way
into the village
that is opposite
you. Immediately
as you enter
into it, you
will find a
young donkey tied,
on which no
one has sat.
Untie him and
bring him.
3 If anyone asks
you, ‘Why are
you doing this?’
say, ‘The Lord
needs him;’ and
immediately he
will send him
back here.”
4 They
went away, and
found a young donkey
tied at the
door outside in
the open street, and
they untied him.
5 Some
of those who
stood there asked
them, “What are
you doing, untying
the young donkey?”
6 They
said to them
just as Jesus
had said, and
they let them
go.
7 They
brought the young donkey
to Jesus and
threw their
garments on it,
and Jesus sat
on it.
8 Many
spread their
garments on the
way, and others
were cutting down
branches from
the trees and
spreading them on
the road.
9 Those
who went in
front and those
who followed cried
out, “Hosanna!
Blessed is he
who comes in
the name of
the Lord!
10 Blessed
is the kingdom of
our father David
that is coming
in the name of
the Lord! Hosanna
in the highest!”
11 Jesus
entered into the
temple in
Jerusalem. When he
had looked around
at everything, it
being now evening,
he went out
to Bethany with
the twelve.
12 The
next day, when
they had come
out from Bethany,
he was hungry.
13 Seeing
a fig tree
afar off having
leaves, he came
to see if perhaps
he might find
anything on it.
When he came
to it, he
found nothing but
leaves, for it
was not the
season for figs.
14 Jesus
told it,
“May no one
ever eat fruit
from you again!”
and his
disciples heard it.
15 They
came to Jerusalem,
and Jesus entered
into the temple
and began to throw
out those who
sold and those
who bought in the
temple, and
overthrew the
money changers’
tables and the
seats of those
who sold the
doves.
16 He
would not allow
anyone to carry
a container
through the temple.
17 He
taught, saying to
them,
“Isn’t it
written, ‘My
house will be
called a house
of prayer for
all the
nations’?
But you have
made it a
den of
robbers!”
18 The
chief priests and
the scribes heard
it, and sought
how they
might destroy him.
For they feared
him, because all
the multitude was
astonished at his
teaching.
19 When
evening came, he
went out of
the city.
20 As
they passed by
in the morning,
they saw the
fig tree withered
away from the
roots.
21 Peter,
remembering, said to
him, “Rabbi, look!
The fig tree
which you cursed
has withered away.”
22 Jesus
answered them,
“Have faith in
God.
23 For most certainly
I tell you,
whoever may tell
this mountain, ‘Be
taken up and
cast into the
sea,’ and doesn’t
doubt in his
heart, but
believes that
what he says
is happening, he
shall have
whatever he says.
24 Therefore I
tell you, all
things whatever
you pray and
ask for, believe
that you have
received them,
and you shall
have them.
25 Whenever you
stand praying, forgive,
if you have
anything against
anyone; so that
your Father, who
is in heaven,
may also forgive
you your
transgressions.
26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven
forgive your transgressions.”
27 They
came again to
Jerusalem, and as
he was walking
in the temple,
the chief priests,
the scribes, and
the elders came
to him,
28 and
they began saying
to him, “By
what authority do
you do these
things? Or who
gave you this
authority to do
these things?”
29 Jesus
said to them,
“I will ask
you one question.
Answer me, and
I will tell
you by what
authority I do
these things.
30 The baptism of
John—was it
from heaven, or
from men? Answer
me.”
31 They
reasoned with
themselves, saying, “If
we should say, ‘From
heaven;’ he will
say, ‘Why then
did you not
believe him?’
32 If
we should say, ‘From
men’ ”—they feared
the people, for
all held John
to really be
a prophet.
33 They
answered Jesus, “We
don’t know.”
Jesus said to
them,
“Neither will I
tell you by
what authority I
do these
things.”