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1 When
they came near
to Jerusalem and
came to Bethsphage,
to the Mount
of Olives, then
Jesus sent two
disciples,
2 saying
to them,
“Go into the
village that is
opposite you,
and immediately
you will find
a donkey tied,
and a colt
with her. Untie
them and bring
them to me.
3 If anyone says
anything to you,
you shall say,
‘The Lord needs
them,’ and
immediately he
will send them.”
4 All
this was done
that it might
be fulfilled which
was spoken through
the prophet,
saying,
5 “Tell
the daughter of
Zion,
behold, your King
comes to you,
humble, and riding on
a donkey,
on a colt,
the foal of
a donkey.”
6 The
disciples went and
did just as
Jesus commanded
them,
7 and
brought the donkey
and the colt
and laid their
clothes on them;
and he sat
on them.
8 A
very great
multitude spread
their clothes on
the road. Others
cut branches from
the trees and
spread them on
the road.
9 The
multitudes who
went in front
of him, and
those who followed,
kept shouting, “Hosanna
to the son
of David! Blessed
is he who
comes in the
name of the
Lord! Hosanna in
the highest!”
10 When
he had come
into Jerusalem,
all the city
was stirred up,
saying, “Who is
this?”
11 The
multitudes said, “This
is the prophet,
Jesus, from
Nazareth of
Galilee.”
12 Jesus
entered into the
temple of God
and drove out
all of those
who sold and bought
in the temple,
and overthrew the
money changers’
tables and the
seats of those
who sold the
doves.
13 He
said to them,
“It is written,
‘My house shall
be called a
house of
prayer,’
but you have
made it a
den of
robbers!”
14 The
lame and the
blind came to
him in the
temple, and he
healed them.
15 But
when the
chief priests and
the scribes saw
the wonderful
things that he
did, and the
children who were
crying in the
temple and saying,
“Hosanna to the
son of David!”
they were indignant,
16 and
said to him, “Do
you hear what
these are saying?”
Jesus said to
them,
“Yes. Did you
never read, ‘Out
of the mouth
of children and
nursing babies,
you have perfected praise’?”
17 He
left them and
went out of
the city
to Bethany, and camped
there.
18 Now
in the morning,
as he returned
to the city,
he was hungry.
19 Seeing
a fig tree
by the road,
he came to
it and found
nothing on it
but leaves. He
said to it,
“Let there be
no fruit from
you forever!”
Immediately the
fig tree withered
away.
20 When
the disciples saw
it, they marveled,
saying, “How did
the fig tree
immediately wither
away?”
21 Jesus
answered them,
“Most certainly I
tell you, if
you have faith
and don’t doubt,
you will not
only do what
was done to
the fig tree,
but even if
you told this
mountain, ‘Be
taken up and
cast into the
sea,’ it would
be done.
22 All things,
whatever you ask
in prayer,
believing, you
will receive.”
23 When
he had come
into the temple,
the chief priests
and the elders
of the people
came to him
as he was
teaching, and said,
“By what authority
do you do
these things? Who
gave you this
authority?”
24 Jesus
answered them,
“I also will
ask you one
question, which
if you tell
me, I likewise
will tell you
by what
authority I do
these things.
25 The baptism of
John, where was
it from? From
heaven or from
men?”
They reasoned
with themselves,
saying, “If we
say, ‘From heaven,’
he will ask
us, ‘Why then
did you not
believe him?’
26 But
if we say, ‘From
men,’ we fear
the multitude, for
all hold John
as a prophet.”
27 They
answered Jesus,
and said, “We
don’t know.”
He also said
to them,
“Neither will I
tell you by
what authority I
do these things.
28 But what do
you think? A
man had two
sons, and he
came to the
first, and said,
‘Son, go work
today in
my vineyard.’
29 He answered, ‘I
will not,’ but
afterward he changed
his mind, and
went.
30 He came to
the second, and
said the same
thing. He
answered, ‘I’m
going, sir,’ but
he didn’t go.
31 Which of the
two did the
will of his
father?”
They said to
him, “The first.”
Jesus said to
them,
“Most certainly
I tell you
that the tax
collectors and
the prostitutes
are entering into
God’s Kingdom before
you.
32 For John came
to you in
the way of
righteousness, and
you didn’t
believe him; but
the tax
collectors and
the prostitutes
believed him.
When you saw
it, you didn’t
even repent
afterward, that
you might
believe him.
33 “Hear another parable.
There was a man
who was a master
of a household
who planted
a vineyard, set
a hedge about it,
dug a wine
press in it,
built a tower,
leased it out
to farmers, and
went into
another country.
34 When the season
for the fruit
came near,
he sent his
servants to
the farmers to
receive his
fruit.
35 The farmers took
his servants,
beat one, killed
another, and
stoned another.
36 Again, he sent
other servants
more than the
first; and they
treated them the
same way.
37 But afterward
he sent to them
his son, saying,
‘They will
respect my son.’
38 But the farmers,
when they saw
the son, said
among themselves, ‘This
is the heir.
Come, let’s kill
him and seize
his inheritance.’
39 So they took
him and threw
him out of
the vineyard, then killed
him.
40 When therefore
the lord of
the vineyard comes,
what will he
do to
those farmers?”
41 They
told him, “He
will miserably destroy
those miserable men,
and will lease out
the vineyard to
other farmers who
will give him
the fruit in its
season.”
42 Jesus
said to them,
“Did you
never read in
the Scriptures,
‘The stone
which the
builders rejected
was made the
head of the
corner.
This was from
the Lord.
It is marvelous
in our
eyes’?
43 “Therefore I
tell you, God’s
Kingdom will be taken away
from you and
will be given
to a nation
producing its
fruit.
44 He who falls on
this stone will
be broken to pieces,
but on whomever
it will fall, it
will scatter him
as dust.”
45 When
the chief priests
and the Pharisees
heard his parables,
they perceived
that he spoke
about them.
46 When
they sought to
seize him, they
feared the
multitudes, because
they considered
him to be
a prophet.