MT-21:1  And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come

to Bethphage,

unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

MT-21:2  Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you,

and

straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her:

loose [them], and

bring [them] unto me.

MT-21:3  And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The

Lord hath need

of them; and straightway he will send them.

MT-21:4  All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was

spoken by the

prophet, saying,

MT-21:5  Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh

unto thee, meek,

and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

MT-21:6  And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

MT-21:7  And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them

their clothes, and

they set [him] thereon.

MT-21:8  And a very great multitude spread their garments in the

way; others

cut down branches from the trees, and strowed [them] in the way.

MT-21:9  And the multitudes that went before, and that followed,

cried, saying,

Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the

name of the

Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

MT-21:10  And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was

moved, saying,

Who is this?

MT-21:11  And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of

Nazareth of

Galilee.

MT-21:12  And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out

all them that

sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the

moneychangers,

and the seats of them that sold doves,

MT-21:13  And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be

called the house

of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

MT-21:14  And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple;

and he healed

them.

MT-21:15  And when the chief priests and scribes saw the

wonderful things that

he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying,

Hosanna to the son

of David; they were sore displeased,

MT-21:16  And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And

Jesus saith unto

them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and

sucklings thou

hast perfected praise?

MT-21:17  And he left them, and went out of the city into

Bethany; and he

lodged there.

MT-21:18  Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he

hungered.

MT-21:19  And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it,

and found

nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit

grow on thee

henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

MT-21:20  And when the disciples saw [it], they marvelled,

saying, How soon is

the fig tree withered away!

MT-21:21  Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto

you, If ye have

faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this [which is done]

to the fig

tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou

removed, and be thou

cast into the sea; it shall be done.

MT-21:22  And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,

believing, ye

shall receive.

MT-21:23  And when he was come into the temple, the chief

priests and the

elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said,

By what

authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this

authority?

MT-21:24  And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask

you one thing,

which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what

authority I do these

things.

MT-21:25  The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of

men? And they

reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;

he will say

unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

MT-21:26  But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for

all hold John as

a prophet.

MT-21:27  And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And

he said unto

them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

MT-21:28  But what think ye? A [certain] man had two sons; and

he came to the

first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

MT-21:29  He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he

repented, and

went.

MT-21:30  And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he

answered and

said, I [go], sir: and went not.

MT-21:31  Whether of them twain did the will of [his] father?

They say unto

him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you,

That the

publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

MT-21:32  For John came unto you in the way of righteousness,

and ye believed

him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye,

when ye had

seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

MT-21:33  Hear another parable: There was a certain householder,

which planted

a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in

it, and built

a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far

country:

MT-21:34  And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his

servants to the

husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

MT-21:35  And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one,

and killed

another, and stoned another.

MT-21:36  Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and

they did unto

them likewise.

MT-21:37  But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying,

They will

reverence my son.

MT-21:38  But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among

themselves, This

is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his

inheritance.

MT-21:39  And they caught him, and cast [him] out of the

vineyard, and slew

[him].

MT-21:40  When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what

will he do unto

those husbandmen?

MT-21:41  They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those

wicked men, and

will let out [his] vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall

render him the

fruits in their seasons.

MT-21:42  Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the

scriptures, The stone

which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the

corner: this is

the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

MT-21:43  Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be

taken from you,

and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

MT-21:44  And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken:

 but on

whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

MT-21:45  And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his

parables, they

perceived that he spake of them.

MT-21:46  But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared

the multitude,

because they took him for a prophet.

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