Matthew 21
1 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,
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, opposite the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 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.
saying to them: “Go into the village opposite you and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose her and bring them to me.
3 And if ony man seie to you ony thing, seie ye, that the Lord hath nede to hem; and anoon he schal leeue hem.
And if anyone says anything to you, just say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 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!
Now all this happened so that what was spoken through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely:
5 thi kyng cometh to thee, meke, sittynge on an asse, and a fole of an asse vnder yok.
“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Look, your King is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey, in fact, a young donkey, foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 And the disciplis yeden, and diden as Jhesus comaundide hem.
So going and doing just as Jesus had commanded them,
7 And thei brouyten an asse, and the fole, and leiden her clothis on hem, and maden hym sitte aboue.
the disciples brought the female donkey and the young donkey. And they placed their clothes on them and He sat down on them [the clothes].
8 And ful myche puple strewiden her clothis in the weie; othere kittiden braunchis of trees, and strewiden in the weie.
And the very large crowd spread their clothes on the road, while others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.
9 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.
Then the crowds who went in front and those who followed kept crying out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
10 And whanne he was entrid in to Jerusalem, al the citee was stirid, and seide, Who is this?
So when He came into Jerusalem the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 But the puple seide, This is Jhesus, the prophete, of Nazareth of Galilee.
And the crowds kept saying, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Natsareth of Galilee.”
12 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.
Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold the doves.
13 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.
And He says to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it ‘a cave of bandits’.”
14 And blynde and crokid camen to hym in the temple, and he heelide hem.
And the lame and the blind came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
15 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,
But seeing the wonders that He did, and the children calling out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” the chief priests and the scribes became indignant
16 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?
and said to Him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” So Jesus says to them: “Yes. Have you never read that ‘Out of the mouth of babies and nursing infants You have prepared praise for Yourself’?”
17 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.
Leaving them behind He went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
18 But on the morowe, he, turnynge ayen in to the citee, hungride.
Now in the early morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.
19 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)
And seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it, just leaves. And He says to it, “May you never again produce fruit!” And forthwith the fig tree started to wither. (aiōn g165)
20 And disciplis `sawen, and wondriden, seiynge, Hou anoon it driede.
And seeing it the disciples marveled saying, “How quickly the fig tree became withered!”
21 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.
So in answer Jesus said to them: “Assuredly I say to you, if you (pl.) have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and be thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
22 And alle thingis what euere ye bileuynge schulen axe in preyer, ye schulen take.
And anything whatever you may ask in the believing prayer, you will receive.”
23 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?
So He came into the temple, and as He was teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people approached Him saying, “By what kind of authority are you doing these things?” and “Who gave you this authority?”
24 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.
But in answer Jesus said to them: “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things:
25 Of whennys was the baptym of Joon; of heuene, or of men? And thei thouyten with ynne hem silf,
The baptism of John—where was it from; from heaven or from men?” So they reasoned among themselves saying: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
26 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.
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd, for all consider John as a prophet.”
27 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.
So in answer to Jesus they said, “We do not know.” So He said to them: “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
28 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.
“But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and going to the first he said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
29 And he answeride, and seide, Y nyle; but afterward he forthouyte, and wente forth.
But in answer he said, ‘I don't want to’ (but later he changed his mind and went).
30 But he cam to `the tother, and seide on lijk maner. And he answeride, and seide, Lord, Y go; and he wente not.
And going to the other he said likewise. And in answer he said, ‘I go, Sir’; yet he did not go.
31 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.
Which of the two did the will of the father?” They say to Him, “The first.” Jesus says to them: “Assuredly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you do.
32 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.
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, yet when you saw it you did not afterward repent, so as to believe him.
33 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.
“Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.
34 But whanne the tyme of fruytis neiyede, he sente his seruauntis to the erthe tilieris, to take fruytis of it.
When vintage-time drew near he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruits.
35 And the erthetilieris token his seruauntis, and beeten `the toon, thei slowen another, and thei stonyden another.
But the farmers took his servants—one they beat, one they killed, one they stoned.
36 Eftsoone he sente othere seruauntis, mo than the firste, and in lijk maner thei diden to hem.
Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did to them likewise.
37 And at the laste he sente his sone to hem, and seide, Thei schulen drede my sone.
So finally he sent his son to them saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 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.
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.’
39 And thei token, and castiden hym out of the vynyerd, and slowen hym.
And taking him they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 Therfor whanne the lord of the vyneyerd schal come, what schal he do to thilke erthe tilieris?
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 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.
They say to Him: “He will miserably destroy those miserable men! And he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 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.
Jesus says to them: “Did you never read in the Scriptures: ‘A stone which the builders rejected, this one became the cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 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.
Therefore I say to you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
44 And he that schal falle on this stoon, schal be brokun; but on whom it schal falle, it schal al tobrise hym.
Also, whoever falls upon this stone will be broken to pieces; but upon whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
45 And whanne the princes of prestis and Farisees hadden herd hise parablis, thei knewen that he seide of hem.
As the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables they knew that He was speaking about them.
46 And thei souyten to holde hym, but thei dredden the puple, for thei hadden hym as a prophete.
And although they wanted to seize Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they considered Him as a prophet.
