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

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

disciples,

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.

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

Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

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

spoken by the prophet, saying,

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.

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

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

clothes, and they set [him] thereon.

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

way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed [them]

in the way.

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.

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

moved, saying, Who is this?

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

Nazareth of Galilee.

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,

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.

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

he healed them.

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,

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?

21:17  And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany;

and he lodged there.

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

hungered.

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.

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

How soon is the fig tree withered away!

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.

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

believing, ye shall receive.

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?

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.

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?

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

hold John as a prophet.

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.

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.

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

repented, and went.

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

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

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.

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.

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:

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.

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

killed another, and stoned another.

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

they did unto them likewise.

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

will reverence my son.

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.

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

and slew [him].

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

he do unto those husbandmen?

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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

parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

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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