Matthew 21
1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage at the mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his 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 unto them, Go into the village over-against you, and ye will find directly an ass tied and a colt with her: loose them and bring them to me:
3 And if anyone says anything to you, you are to say, 'Because the Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."
and if any one say any thing to you, tell him the Lord hath need of them, and he will immediately send them.
4 This took place that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion,
5 Say to the daughter of Zion, "Look, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, even a colt the fole of an ass.
6 The disciples went, and did just as Jesus directed them,
And the disciples went, and did as Jesus ordered them,
7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and placed their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
and brought the ass and the colt, and threw their clothes over them, and set Him upon them.
8 A very large crowd spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
And great numbers spread their garments in the way, and others cut off boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way:
9 The crowds who went before him, and 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 multitudes, that went before and that followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed be He that cometh 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 when He came into Jerusalem, all the city was in a commotion, saying, Who is this?
11 The crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
And the people answered, This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.
12 Jesus entered into the temple, 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 went into the temple of God, and drove out all that were selling and buying in the court of the temple, and threw down the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves:
13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."
and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of thieves.
14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
And there came to Him in the temple both blind and lame, and He healed them:
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David." they were indignant,
but when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonders that He wrought, and the children crying out in the temple, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were vexed to the heart, and said to Him, Dost thou hear what these say?
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 infants you have prepared praise?'"
And Jesus saith unto them, Yes, have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast procured praise?
17 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
Now in the morning as He was returning 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. (aiōn g165)
and seeing a fig-tree by the way, He went up to it, and finding nothing upon it but leaves, He saith to it, Let no fruit ever hereafter grow out of thee: and the fig-tree withered immediately. (aiōn g165)
20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"
And the disciples seeing it were amazed and said, How suddenly is the fig-tree withered!
21 Jesus answered them, "Truly 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.
but Jesus answering said unto them, Verily I tell you, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only be able to do this to a fig-tree, but also if ye shall say to this mountain, "Be thou removed and cast into the sea," it shall be done.
22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
And all things whatsoever ye 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 was 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 dost 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.
but Jesus answered them, I also will ask you one question, which if ye tell me, I will likewise tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from people?" 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? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves saying, If we say, from heaven, He will reply, Why then did ye not believe him?
26 But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for all hold John as a prophet."
But if we say, of men, we fear the people, for they all esteem John as 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 therefore in answer to Jesus, they said, We do not know: and He said unto 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 the vineyard.'
But what think ye of this? There was a man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go, work to day in my vineyard:
29 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
and he answered I will not; but afterwards repenting, he went.
30 And he came to the other, and said the same thing. And he answered and said, 'I go, sir,' but he did not go.
And coming to the second, he spake in like manner: and he answered, Yes, Sir; and went not.
31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
Now which of the two did the will of his father? They say unto Him, The first. Jesus replied, Verily I say unto you, that publicans and prostitutes enter 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 unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but publicans and harlots believed him; and though ye saw that, ye did not repent afterwards, to believe him.
33 "Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.
Hear another parable, There was a certain man, a master of a family, that planted a vineyard, and made a fence about it, and put a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and travelled abroad.
34 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his fruit.
And when the fruit-season drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it:
35 The tenants took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
and the husbandmen took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
And he sent again other servants more than the first: and they did the like to them.
37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
At last he sent unto them his Son, saying, They will reverence my Son.
38 But the tenants, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance.'
But when the husbandmen saw the Son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and seize on his inheritance:
39 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
so they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him.
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
When therefore the lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen?
41 They told him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men, and will lease out the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him the fruit in its season."
They answer, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who will 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, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'
Then saith Jesus to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, "The stone which the builders refused, is made the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?"
43 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.
Therefore I tell you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation, that will bring forth the fruits thereof.
44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it will fall, it will crush him."
And he that stumbleth at this stone shall be bruised, but on whomsoever it falls, it will crush him to pieces.
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
And when the chief priests and pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that He spake of them:
46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the crowds, because they considered him to be a prophet.
and would have seized Him, but that they were afraid of the people; because they took Him for a prophet.
