Matthew 21
1 When they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples ahead,
And whanne Jhesus cam nyy to Jerusalem, and cam to Bethfage, at the mount of Olyuete, thanne sente he his twei disciplis, and seide to hem,
2 telling them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with it. Untie them and bring them to me.
Go ye in to the castel that is ayens you, and anoon ye schulen fynde an asse tied, and a colt with hir; vntien ye, and brynge to me.
3 If anyone says anything to you, say, ‘The Lord has need of them.’ And immediately he will send them.”
And if ony man seie to you ony thing, seie ye, that the Lord hath nede to hem; and anoon he schal leeue hem.
4 Now all this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
Al this was doon, that that thing schulde be fulfillid, that was seid bi the prophete, seiynge, Seie ye to the douyter of Syon, Lo!
5 “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, yoʋr king is coming to yoʋ, humble and mounted on a donkey, and a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
thi kyng cometh to thee, meke, sittynge on an asse, and a fole of an asse vnder yok.
6 So the disciples went and did just as Jesus had directed them.
And the disciplis yeden, and diden as Jhesus comaundide hem.
7 They brought the donkey and the colt and laid on them their garments, and Jesus sat on them.
And thei brouyten an asse, and the fole, and leiden her clothis on hem, and maden hym sitte aboue.
8 A very large crowd spread their garments on the road, and others cut down branches from the trees and also spread them on the road.
And ful myche puple strewiden her clothis in the weie; othere kittiden braunchis of trees, and strewiden in the weie.
9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed were crying out, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
And the puple that wente bifore, and that sueden, crieden, and seiden, Osanna to the sone of Dauid; blessid is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Osanna in hiy thingis.
10 As he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
And whanne he was entrid in to Jerusalem, al the citee was stirid, and seide, Who is this?
11 So the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, who is from Nazareth of Galilee.”
But the puple seide, This is Jhesus, the prophete, of Nazareth of Galilee.
12 Then Jesus entered the courts of God's temple and drove out all who were selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
And Jhesus entride in to the temple of God, and castide out of the temple alle that bouyten and solden; and he turnede vpsedoun the bordis of chaungeris, and the chayeris of men that solden culueris.
13 And 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 seith to hem, It is writun, Myn hous schal be clepid an hous of preier; but ye han maad it a denne of theues.
14 Then the lame and the blind came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.
And blynde and crokid camen to hym in the temple, and he heelide hem.
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying out in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant
But the princis of prestis and scribis, seynge the merueilouse thingis that he dide, and children criynge in the temple, and seiynge, Osanna to the sone of Dauid, hadden indignacioun,
16 and said to him, “Do yoʋ hear what these children are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes, have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of babies and nursing infants yoʋ have prepared praise’?”
and seiden to hym, Herist thou what these seien? And Jhesus seide to hem, Yhe; whether ye han neuer redde, That of the mouth of yonge children, and of soukynge childryn, thou hast maad perfit heriyng?
17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
And whanne he hadde left hem, he wente forth out of the citee, in to Bethanye; and there he dwelte, and tauyte hem of the kyngdom of God.
18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, he was hungry.
But on the morowe, he, turnynge ayen in to the citee, hungride.
19 Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May there never be any fruit from yoʋ again!” And at once the fig tree withered. (aiōn g165)
And he saye a fige tree bisidis the weie, and cam to it, and foond no thing ther ynne but leeues oneli. And he seide to it, Neuer fruyt come forth of thee, in to with outen eende, And anoon the fige tre was dried vp. (aiōn g165)
20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”
And disciplis `sawen, and wondriden, seiynge, Hou anoon it driede.
21 Jesus answered them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, Treuli Y seie to you, if ye haue feith, and douten not, not oonli ye schulen do of the fige tree, but also if ye seyn to this hil, Take, and caste thee in to the see, it schal be don so.
22 And if you have faith, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
And alle thingis what euere ye bileuynge schulen axe in preyer, ye schulen take.
23 When he entered the temple courts, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are yoʋ doing these things? And who gave yoʋ this authority?”
And whanne he cam in to the temple, the princis of prestis and elder men of the puple camen to hym that tauyte, and seiden, In what power doist thou these thingis? and who yaf thee this power?
24 Jesus answered them, “I will also ask you one question. If you tell me the answer, I will also tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, And Y schal axe you o word, the which if ye tellen me, Y schal seie to you, in what power Y do these thingis.
25 Where did John's authority to baptize come from? From heaven or from men?” So they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
Of whennys was the baptym of Joon; of heuene, or of men? And thei thouyten with ynne hem silf,
26 But we are afraid of what the crowd might do if we say, ‘From men,’ for everyone regards John as a prophet.”
seiynge, If we seien of heuene, he schal seie to vs, Whi thanne bileuen ye not to hym? If we seien of men, we dreden the puple, for alle hadden Joon as a prophete.
27 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” Then he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
And thei answeriden to Jhesu, and seiden, We witen not. And he seide to hem, Nether Y seie to you, in what power Y do these thingis.
28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to his first son and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
But what semeth to you? A man hadde twey sones; and he cam to the firste, and seide, Sone, go worche this dai in my vyneyerd.
29 His son answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went.
And he answeride, and seide, Y nyle; but afterward he forthouyte, and wente forth.
30 Then the man went to his second son and said the same thing. His second son answered, ‘I will go, sir,’ but he did not go.
But he cam to `the tother, and seide on lijk maner. And he answeride, and seide, Lord, Y go; and he wente not.
31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
Who of the tweyne dide the fadris wille? Thei seien to hym, The firste. Jhesus seith to hem, Treuli Y seie to you, for pupplicans and hooris schulen go bifor you `in to the kyngdom of God.
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. Yet even after you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him.
For Joon cam to you in the weie of riytwisnesse, and ye bileueden not to him; but pupplicans and hooris bileueden to hym. But ye sayn, and hadden no forthenkyng aftir, that ye bileueden to hym.
33 “Listen to another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it to farmers, and left the country.
Here ye another parable. There was an hosebonde man, that plauntide a vynyerd, and heggide it aboute, and dalfe a presour ther ynne, and bildide a tour, and hiride it to erthe tilieris, and wente fer in pilgrimage.
34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
But whanne the tyme of fruytis neiyede, he sente his seruauntis to the erthe tilieris, to take fruytis of it.
35 But the farmers seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned yet another.
And the erthetilieris token his seruauntis, and beeten `the toon, thei slowen another, and thei stonyden another.
36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the farmers treated them in the same way.
Eftsoone he sente othere seruauntis, mo than the firste, and in lijk maner thei diden to hem.
37 Last of all, he sent them his son, saying, ‘They will have respect for my son.’
And at the laste he sente his sone to hem, and seide, Thei schulen drede my sone.
38 But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take possession of his inheritance.’
But the erthe tilieris, seynge the sone, seiden with ynne hem silf, This is the eire; come ye, sle we hym, and we schulen haue his eritage.
39 So they took him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
And thei token, and castiden hym out of the vynyerd, and slowen hym.
40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
Therfor whanne the lord of the vyneyerd schal come, what schal he do to thilke erthe tilieris?
41 They said to him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
Thei seien to hym, He schal leese yuele the yuele men, and he schal sette to hire his vyneyerd to othere erthetilieris, whyche schulen yelde to hym fruyt in her tymes.
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?
Jhesus seith to hem, Redden ye neuer in scripturis, The stoon which bilderis repreueden, this is maad in to the heed of the corner? Of the Lord this thing is don, and it is merueilous bifor oure iyen.
43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Therfor Y seie to you, that the kyngdom of God schal be takun fro you, and shal be youun to a folc doynge fruytis of it.
44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
And he that schal falle on this stoon, schal be brokun; but on whom it schal falle, it schal al tobrise hym.
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was speaking about them.
And whanne the princes of prestis and Farisees hadden herd hise parablis, thei knewen that he seide of hem.
46 Although they were looking for a way to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.
And thei souyten to holde hym, but thei dredden the puple, for thei hadden hym as a prophete.
