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Jesus’ Triumphant Entry
As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.
As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.
The Triumphal Entry
And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
“Go into the village over there,” he said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to me.
saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose [them] and lead [them] to me.
If anyone asks what you are doing, just say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will immediately let you take them.”
And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them.
This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said,
But all this came to pass, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
The two disciples did as Jesus commanded.
But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,
brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them.
Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and strewing them on the way.
And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed [be] he who comes in the name of [the] Lord; hosanna in the highest.
The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. “Who is this?” they asked.
And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this?
And the crowds replied, “It’s Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee.
Jesus Clears the Temple
Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
And Jesus entered into the temple [of God], and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those that sold the doves.
And Jesus entered into the temple [of God], and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those that sold the doves.
And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.
The blind and the lame came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.
And blind and lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the Temple shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David.”
But the leaders were indignant.
But the leaders were indignant.
And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant,
and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.
And leaving them he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and there he passed the night.
Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
In the morning, as Jesus was returning to Jerusalem, he was hungry,
The Barren Fig Tree
But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.
But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.
and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” And immediately the fig tree withered up.
And seeing one fig-tree in the way, he came to it and found on it nothing but leaves only. And he says to it, Let there be never more fruit of thee for ever. And the fig-tree was immediately dried up.
The disciples were amazed when they saw this and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
And when the disciples saw [it], they wondered, saying, How immediately is the fig-tree dried up!
Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen.
And Jesus answering said to them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what [is done] to the fig-tree, but even if ye should say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and be thou cast into the sea, it shall come to pass.
You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
The Authority of Jesus Challenged
When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”
Jesus' Authority Challenged
And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him [as he was] teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him [as he was] teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
“I’ll tell you by what authority I do these things if you answer one question,” Jesus replied.
And Jesus answering said to them, *I* also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, *I* also will tell you by what authority I do these things:
“Did John’s authority to baptize come from heaven, or was it merely human?”
They talked it over among themselves. “If we say it was from heaven, he will ask us why we didn’t believe John.
They talked it over among themselves. “If we say it was from heaven, he will ask us why we didn’t believe John.
The baptism of John, whence was it? of heaven or of men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say to us, Why then have ye not believed him?
But if we say it was merely human, we’ll be mobbed because the people believe John was a prophet.”
but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.
So they finally replied, “We don’t know.”
And Jesus responded, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.
And Jesus responded, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.
And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. *He* also said to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do these things.
Parable of the Two Sons
“But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’
The Parable of the Two Sons
But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in [my] vineyard.
But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in [my] vineyard.
The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway.
And he answering said, I will not; but afterwards repenting himself he went.
Then the father told the other son, ‘You go,’ and he said, ‘Yes, sir, I will.’ But he didn’t go.
And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, *I* [go], sir, and went not.
Which of the two did the will of the father? They say [to him], The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
For John the Baptist came and showed you the right way to live, but you didn’t believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to believe him and repent of your sins.
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but *ye* when ye saw [it] repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.
Parable of the Evil Farmers
“Now listen to another story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
At the time of the grape harvest, he sent his servants to collect his share of the crop.
But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
But the farmers grabbed his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for him, but the results were the same.
Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.
“Finally, the owner sent his son, thinking, ‘Surely they will respect my son.’
And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.
“But when the tenant farmers saw his son coming, they said to one another, ‘Here comes the heir to this estate. Come on, let’s kill him and get the estate for ourselves!’
But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
So they grabbed him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and murdered him.
And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
“When the owner of the vineyard returns,” Jesus asked, “what do you think he will do to those farmers?”
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those husbandmen?
The religious leaders replied, “He will put the wicked men to a horrible death and lease the vineyard to others who will give him his share of the crop after each harvest.”
They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil [men], and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone: this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?
I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit.
Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
And he that falls on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
When the leading priests and Pharisees heard this parable, they realized he was telling the story against them — they were the wicked farmers.
And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.