Mat 21:1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came into Bethphage, toward the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
Mat 21:2 saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Loosening, lead them to Me.
Mat 21:3 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them. And he will send them at once.
Mat 21:4 But all this happened that might be fulfilled that spoken by the prophet, saying:
Mat 21:5 “Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek and mounted on an ass, even a colt, the son of an ass.” Isa. 62:11; Zech. 9:9
Mat 21:6 And the disciples, having gone and having done as Jesus ordered them,
Mat 21:7 they led the ass and the colt. And they put on them their garments, and set Him on them.
Mat 21:8 And the very great crowd strewed their garments in the road. And others were cutting branches from the trees and were spreading them in the way.
Mat 21:9 And the crowd, the ones going before and the ones following, were crying out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! “Blessed is He coming in the name of the Lord”! Hosanna in the highest! Psa. 118:26
Mat 21:10 And as He entered into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, Who is this?
Mat 21:11 And the crowds said, This is Jesus, the Prophet, the One from Nazareth of Galilee.
Mat 21:12 And Jesus entered into the temple of God and threw out all those selling and buying in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling the doves.
Mat 21:13 And He said to them, It has been written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you have “made it a den of plunderers.” Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11
Mat 21:14 And blind and lame ones came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
Mat 21:15 But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were incensed.
Mat 21:16 And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes. Did you never read, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?” LXX-Psa. 8:3; MT-Psa. 8:2
Mat 21:17 And leaving them, He went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
Mat 21:18 And returning early to the city, He hungered.
Mat 21:19 And seeing one fig tree by the road, He went up to it, and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, Let there be no more fruit from you forever. And the fig tree immediately dried up.
Mat 21:20 And seeing, the disciples marveled, saying, How quickly the fig tree is dried up!
Mat 21:21 And answering, Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do the miracle of the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, Be taken up and thrown into the sea, it will be so.
Mat 21:22 And all things, whatever you may ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.
Mat 21:23 And He having come into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came near to Him as He was teaching, saying, By what authority do You do these things? And who gave this authority to You?
Mat 21:24 And answering, Jesus said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mat 21:25 The baptism of John, from where was it? From Heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, He will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?
Mat 21:26 But if we should say, From men, we fear the people. For all hold John to be a prophet.
Mat 21:27 And answering Jesus, they said, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mat 21:28 But what do you think? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go today; work in my vineyard.
Mat 21:29 And answering, he said, I will not. But afterward, having regretted, he went.
Mat 21:30 And having come to the second, he said the same. And answering, he said, I go, sir; but he did not leave.
Mat 21:31 Which of the two did the will of the father? They said to Him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, The tax collectors and the harlots go before you into the kingdom of God.
Mat 21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen, you did not repent afterwards to believe him.
Mat 21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a house master, who planted a vineyard and placed a hedge around it; and he dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. And he rented it to vinedressers and left the country. Isa. 5:1, 2
Mat 21:34 And when the season of the fruits came, he sent his slaves to the vinedressers to receive his fruits.
Mat 21:35 And the vinedressers, taking his slaves, they beat this one, and they killed one, and they stoned another.
Mat 21:36 Again he sent other slaves, more than the first. And they did the same to them.
Mat 21:37 And at last he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son.
Mat 21:38 But seeing the son, the vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
Mat 21:39 And taking him, they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Mat 21:40 Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?
Mat 21:41 They said to Him, Bad men! He will miserably destroy them, and he will rent out the vineyard to other vinedressers who will give to him the fruits in their seasons.
Mat 21:42 Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, “A Stone which the builders rejected, this One became the Head of the Corner? This was from the Lord, and it is a wonder in our eyes?” Psalm 118:22, 23
Mat 21:43 Because of this I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken from you, and it will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
Mat 21:44 And he who falls on this Stone will be broken; but on whomever It falls, It will pulverize him.
Mat 21:45 And hearing His parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees knew that He was speaking about them.
Mat 21:46 And seeking to lay hold of Him, they feared the crowds, because they held Him as a prophet.
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January 29, 2015