Matthew 21
1 When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to 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,
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.
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.
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them.
4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
But all this came to pass, that that 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.”
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.
6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,
But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,
7 and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon 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.
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.
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!”
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.
10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this?
11 The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is 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.
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.
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!”
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.
14 The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
And blind and lame 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,
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,
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’?”
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?
17 He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
And leaving them he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and there he passed the night.
18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.
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 for the age (aiōn g165)!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.
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. (aiōn g165)
20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
And when the disciples saw [it], they wondered, saying, How immediately is the fig-tree dried up!
21 Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and do not 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.
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.
22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall 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?”
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?
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.
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:
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?’
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?
26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.
27 They answered Jesus, and said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I 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.
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.’
But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in [my] vineyard.
29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
And he answering said, I will not; but afterwards repenting himself he went.
30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I am going, sir,’ but he did not go.
And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, I [go], sir, and went not.
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.
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.
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you did not even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
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.
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.
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.
34 When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.
37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for 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.’
But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those husbandmen?
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.”
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.
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’?
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?
43 “Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its 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.
44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
And he that falls on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.
46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.
