Matthew 21

21As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,G2532G3753G1448G1519G2414G2532G2064G1519G967G4314G3735G1636G5119G649G2424G1417G31012saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.G3004G846G4198G1519G2968G561G5216G2532G2112G2147G3688G1210G2532G4454G3326G846G3089G71G34273If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."G2532G1437G5100G2036G5100G5213G2046G3754G2962G2192G5532G846G1161G2112G649G8464This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:G1161G3650G5124G1096G2443G4137G3588G4483G1223G4396G30045"Say to the Daughter of Zion, 'See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"G2036G2364G4622G2400G4675G935G2064G4671G4239G2532G1910G1909G3688G2532G4454G5207G52686The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.G1161G3101G4198G2532G4160G2531G2424G4367G8467They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.G71G3688G2532G4454G2532G2007G1883G846G846G2440G2532G1940G1940G1883G8468A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.G1161G4118G3793G4766G1438G2440G1722G3598G1161G243G2875G2798G575G1186G2532G4766G1722G35989The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Hosanna in the highest!"G1161G3793G4254G2532G190G2896G3004G5614G5207G1138G2127G2064G1722G3686G2962G5614G1722G531010When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"G2532G846G1525G1519G2414G3956G4172G4579G3004G5101G2076G377811The crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."G1161G3793G3004G3778G2076G2424G4396G575G3478G105612Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.G2532G2424G1525G1519G2411G2316G2532G1544G3956G4453G2532G59G1722G2411G2532G2690G5132G2855G2532G2515G4453G405813"It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"G2532G3004G846G1125G3450G3624G2564G3624G4335G1161G5210G4160G846G4693G302714The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.G2532G5185G2532G5560G4334G846G1722G2411G2532G2323G84615But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant.G1161G749G2532G1122G1492G2297G3739G4160G2532G3816G2896G1722G2411G2532G3004G5614G5207G1138G2316"Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him. "Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read, "'From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise'?"G2532G2036G846G191G5101G3778G3004G1161G2424G3004G846G3483G3763G314G3754G1537G4750G3516G2532G2337G2675G13617And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.G2532G2641G846G1831G1854G4172G1519G963G2532G835G156318Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.G1161G4405G1877G1519G4172G398319Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" Immediately the tree withered.G2532G1492G3391G4808G1909G3598G2064G1909G846G2532G2147G3762G1722G846G1508G5444G3440G2532G3004G846G1096G2590G1096G1537G4675G3371G1519G165G2532G3916G4808G358320When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?" they asked.G2532G3101G1492G2296G3004G4459G3916G4808G358321Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done.G2424G611G1161G2036G846G281G3004G5213G1437G2192G4102G2532G1252G3361G4160G3756G3440G4160G3440G4808G235G2579G2036G5129G3735G142G2532G906G1519G2281G109622If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."G2532G3956G302G3745G154G1722G4335G4100G298323Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. "By what authority are you doing these things?" they asked. "And who gave you this authority?"G2532G846G2064G1519G2411G749G2532G4245G2992G4334G846G1321G3004G1722G4169G1849G4160G5023G2532G5101G1325G4671G5026G184924Jesus replied, "I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.G1161G2424G611G2036G846G2504G2065G5209G1520G3056G3739G1437G2036G3427G2504G2046G5213G1722G4169G1849G4160G502325John's baptism--where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?" They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why didn't you believe him?'G908G2491G4159G2258G1537G3772G2228G1537G444G1161G1260G3844G1438G3004G1437G2036G1537G3772G2046G2254G1302G4100G3756G3767G4100G84626But if we say, 'From men'--we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet."G1161G1437G2036G1537G444G5399G3793G1063G3956G2192G2491G5613G439627So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.G2532G611G2424G2036G3756G1492G2532G846G5346G846G3761G3004G1473G5213G1722G4169G1849G4160G502328"What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.'G1161G5101G1380G5213G444G2192G1417G5043G2532G4334G4413G2036G5043G5217G2038G4594G1722G3450G29029"'I will not,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.G1161G611G2036G2309G3756G1161G5305G3338G56530"Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.G2532G4334G1208G2036G5615G1161G611G2036G1473G2962G2532G565G375631"Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.G5101G1537G1417G4160G2307G3962G3004G846G4413G2424G3004G846G281G3004G5213G3754G5057G2532G4204G4254G1519G932G2316G4254G520932For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.G1063G2491G2064G4314G5209G1722G3598G1343G2532G4100G846G3756G1161G5057G2532G4204G4100G846G1161G5210G1492G3338G3756G5305G4100G84633"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey.G191G243G3850G2258G444G5100G3617G3748G5452G290G2532G5418G846G4060G2532G3736G3025G1722G846G2532G3618G4444G2532G1554G846G1554G1092G2532G58934When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.G1161G3753G2540G2590G1448G649G846G1401G4314G1092G2983G2590G84635"The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.G2532G1092G2983G846G1401G1194G3739G3303G1161G615G3739G1161G3036G373936Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.G3825G649G243G1401G4119G4413G2532G4160G846G561537Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.G1161G5305G649G4314G846G846G5207G3004G1788G3450G520738"But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.'G1161G1092G1492G5207G2036G1722G1438G3778G2076G2818G1205G615G846G2532G2722G846G281739So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.G2532G2983G846G1544G1854G290G2532G61540"Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"G3752G2962G3767G290G2064G5101G4160G1565G109241"He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time."G3004G846G2560G622G846G2556G2532G1554G290G243G1092G3748G591G846G2590G1722G846G254042Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?G2424G3004G846G314G3763G314G1722G1124G3037G3739G3618G593G3778G1096G1519G2776G1137G3778G3844G2962G1096G2532G2076G2298G1722G2257G378843"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.G1223G5124G3004G5213G3754G932G2316G142G575G5216G2532G1325G1484G4160G2590G84644He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."G2532G4098G1909G5126G3037G4917G1161G1909G3739G302G4098G3039G846G303945When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them.G2532G749G2532G5330G191G846G3850G1097G3754G3004G4012G84646They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.G2532G2212G2902G846G5399G3793G1894G2192G846G5613G4396