And when
they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to
Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent
Jesus two disciples,
02 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.
03 And if any man say ought
unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of
them; and straightway he will send them.
04 All this was done, that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, saying,
05 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.
06 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus
commanded them,
07 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on
them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
08 And a very great multitude spread their
garments in the way; others cut down branches
from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
09 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.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the
city was moved, saying, Who is this?
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the
prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
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,
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.
14 And the blind and the lame came
to him in the temple; and he healed them.
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,
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?
17 And he left them, and went out
of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
18 Now in the morning as he returned into the
city, he hungered.
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.
20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled,
saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
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.
22 And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye
shall receive.
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?
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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.
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?
26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the
people; for all hold John as a prophet.
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.
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.
29 He answered and said, I
will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the
second, and said likewise. And he answered and
said, I go, sir: and went not.
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.
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.
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:
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.
35 And the husbandmen took
his servants, and beat one, and killed another,
and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other
servants more than the first: and they did unto
them likewise.
37 But last of all he sent
unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my
son.
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.
39 And they caught him, and
cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
40 When the lord therefore
of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto
those husbandmen?
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.
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?
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.
44 And whosoever shall fall
on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever
it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45 And when the chief priests and
Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived
that he spake of them.
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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