Matthew 21
1 And when they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
And when they approached Jerusalem, and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them.
2 saying to them, “Go on into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey bound, and a colt with her—having loosed, you bring to Me;
"Go on into the village facing you, and at once you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me.
3 and if anyone may say anything to you, you will say that the LORD has need of them, and immediately He will send them.”
"And if any one says anything to you, tell him, ‘The Master needs them,’ and he will send them without delay."
4 And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,
This happened in fulfilment of the word spoken though the prophet.
5 “Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek, and mounted on a donkey, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.”
Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden."
6 And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them,
So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them;
7 brought the donkey and the colt, and put on them their garments, and set [Him] on them;
they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them.
8 and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,
Then Jesus seated himself upon them, and most of the crowd kept spreading their cloaks on the road, and others began cutting branches off the trees, and spreading them in the road.
9 and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is He who is coming in the Name of the LORD; Hosanna in the highest!”
And the crowds who preceded and those who followed after him shouted again and again, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
10 And He having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”
And as he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they said.
11 And the multitudes said, “This is Jesus the prophet, who [is] from Nazareth of Galilee.”
And the crowds answered, "This is the Prophet Jesus, from Nazareth, in Galilee."
12 And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers He overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,
Then Jesus entered into the Temple courts, and cast out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the tables of the money- changers, and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
13 and He says to them, “It has been written: My house will be called a house of prayer; but you made it a den of robbers.”
"It is written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves."
14 And there came to Him blind and lame men in the temple, and He healed them,
Then the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple courts, and he healed them.
15 and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” were much displeased;
But when the chief priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful works he did, and the boys who were shouting in the Temple Courts and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!"
16 and they said to Him, “Do You hear what these say?” And Jesus says to them, “Yes, did you never read, that, Out of the mouth of babies and sucklings You prepared praise?”
they asked him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Surely," said Jesus, "and have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?"
17 And having left them, He went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there,
So he left them and went outside the city, to Bethany, and spent the night there.
18 and in the morning turning back to the city, He hungered,
At dawn, when he was on his way back into the city, he was hungry;
19 and having seen a certain fig tree on the way, He came to it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and He says to it, “No more fruit may be from you—throughout the age”; and instantly the fig tree withered. (aiōn g165)
and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away. (aiōn g165)
20 And the disciples having seen, wondered, saying, “How did the fig tree instantly wither?”
When his disciples saw this, they were astonished. "How instantaneously," they said, "the fig tree withered!"
21 And Jesus answering said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig tree will you do, but even if to this mountain you may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it will come to pass;
In reply Jesus said to them, "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Up, cast yourself into the sea!’ it shall be done;
22 and all—as much as you may ask in the prayer, believing, you will receive.”
"and everything that you ask for in your prayers you shall have, if you believe."
23 And He having come into the temple, there came to Him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, “By what authority do You do these things? And who gave You this authority?”
When he had entered the Temple courts, and was teaching, the high priests and elders of the people came to him and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
24 And Jesus answering said to them, “I will ask you—I also—one word, which if you may tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things;
Jesus answered. "I also will put a question to you, which, if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
25 the immersion of John, from where was it? From Heaven, or from men?” And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, “If we should say, From Heaven, He will say to us, Why, then, did you not believe him?
John’s baptism, whence was it, from heaven or from man?" So they began debating about it among themselves.
26 And if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
"If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard Johnas a prophet."
27 And answering Jesus they said, “We have not known.” He said to them—He also, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you in what authority I do these deeds.
28 And what do you think? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, today be working in my vineyard.
"But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "‘Son, go work today in my vineyard!’
29 And he answering said, I will not, but at last, having regretted, he went.
"‘I will go, sir,’ he answered; yet he did not go.
30 And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I [go], lord, and did not go;
"Then he went to the second, and said the same thing to him. "‘I will not,’ he answered; but afterward he changed his mind and went.
31 which of the two did the will of the father?” They say to Him, “The first.” Jesus says to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes go before you into the Kingdom of God,
"Which of these two did the will of his father?" "The last," they replied. "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and harlots are going into the kingdom of heaven before you!
32 for John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, and the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him, and you, having seen, did not regret at last—to believe him.
"For Johncame to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.
33 Hear another allegory: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug in it a winepress, and built a tower, and gave it out to farmers, and went abroad.
"Listen to another parable. "A man who was a householder planted a vineyard, fenced it about, dug a wine vat in it, built a tower, then rented it to vine-dressers and went abroad.
34 And when the season of the fruits came near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive the fruits of it,
35 and the farmers having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.
"And the vine-dressers seized his slaves, flogged one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.
"Again he sent other slaves, a larger number than at first, and they treated them in the same way.
37 And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will respect my son;
"And last he sent his son to them; ‘Surely they will respect my son,’ he said.
38 and the farmers having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;
"But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves. "‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.’
39 and having taken him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard, and killed him;
"So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these farmers?”
"When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"
41 They say to Him, “Evil men—he will grievously destroy them, and will give out the vineyard to other farmers who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.”
"He will utterly destroy those wretches," they answered, "and will entrust his vineyard to other vine-dressers, who will pay back the fruits to him in their season."
42 Jesus says to them, “Did you never read in the Writings: A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the LORD has this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes?
"Have you never read in the Scriptures," Jesus answered, "how The stone that the builders rejected Has been made the corner-stone; This is the Lord’s doing, It is wonderful in our eyes?
43 Because of this I say to you that the Kingdom of God will be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;
"I tell you that for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation that does produce the fruit of it.
44 and he who is falling on this stone will be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.”
"He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but he upon whom it falls will be scattered as dust."
45 And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard His allegories, knew that He speaks of them,
As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them;
46 and seeking to lay hold on Him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding Him as a prophet.
but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
