Matthew:21

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* And when they came near to Jerusalem , and came to Bethsphage , to the mount of Olives , then Jesus sent two disciples , * saying to them , Go into the village opposite you , and straightaway ye will find a donkey tied , and a colt with it . Having loosed them , bring to me . * And if any man says anything to you , ye will say , The Lord has need of them , and straightaway he will send them . * Now all this came to pass , so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled , which says , * Say ye to the daughter of Zion , Behold , thy King comes to thee , meek , and mounted upon a donkey , and a colt the foal of a pack animal . * And the disciples having gone , and having done as Jesus commanded them , * they brought the donkey and the colt , and put their garments over them . And he sat upon them . * And the great multitide spread their garments on the road , and others cut down branches from the trees , and spread them on the road . * And the multitudes who went ahead and those who followed , cried out , saying , Hosanna to the son of David ! Blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord . Hosanna in the highest ! * And when he entered into Jerusalem , all the city was shaken , saying , Who is this ? * And the multitudes said , This is Jesus , the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee . * And Jesus entered into the temple of God , and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple . And he overturned the tables of the moneychangers , and the seats of those who sold the doves . * And he says to them , It is written , My house will be called a house of prayer , but ye made it a den of robbers . * And the lame and the blind came to him in the temple , and he healed them . * But when the chief priests and the scholars saw the wonderful things that he did , and the boys crying out in the temple and saying , Hosanna to the son of David , they were indignant , * and said to him , Do thou hear what these are saying ? And Jesus says to them , Yes ! Did ye never read , Out of the mouth of children and those who suckle thou have perfected praise ? * And having left them behind , he went out of the city to Bethany , and lodged there . * Now early while returning to the city , he was hungry . * And having seen a fig tree , one on the way , he came to it , and found nothing on it , except leaves only . And he says to it , Let fruit no longer be produced from thee into the age . And immediately the fig tree dried out . * And when the disciples saw it , they marveled , saying , How did the fig tree dry out immediately ? * And having answered , Jesus said to them , Truly I say to you , if ye have faith , and doubt not , ye will not only do that of the fig tree , but even if ye may say to this mountain , Be thou taken up and cast into the sea , it will happen * And all things , as many as ye may ask in prayer , believing , ye will receive . * And when he came into the temple , the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him while he taught , saying , By what authority do thou these things ? And who gave thee this authority ? * And having answered , Jesus said to them , I also will ask you one word , which if ye tell me , I also will tell you by what authority I do these things . * The immersion of John , from where was it , from heaven or from men ? And they deliberated with themselves , saying , If we should say , From heaven , he will say to us , Why then did ye not believe him ? * But if we should say , From men , we fear the multitude , for all hold John as a prophet . * And having answered Jesus , they said , We know not . He said to them , And neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things . * But what does it seem to you ? A man had two children . And having come to the first , he said , Child , go work today in my vineyard . * And having answered , he said , I do not want to , but having repented later , he went . * And having come to the second , he said likewise . And having answered , he said , I , sir , and did not go . * Which of the two did the will of the father ? They say to him , The first . Jesus says to them , Truly I say to you , that the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you . * For John came to you in a way of righteousness , and ye did not believe him , but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him . And having seen it , ye did not repent afterward to believe him . * Hear ye another parable . There was a certain man who was a house-ruler , who planted a vineyard , and placed a hedge around it , and dug a winepress in it , and built a tower , and leased it to farmers , and went on a journey . * And when the time of the fruits approached , he sent his bondmen to the farmers to receive his fruits . * And the farmers having taken his bondmen , they beat one , and killed another , and stoned another . * Again , he sent other bondmen more than the first , and they did to them in like manner . * But finally he sent to them his son , saying , They will be made ashamed by my son . * But the farmers , when they saw the son , said among themselves , This is the heir , come , let us kill him , and possess his inheritance . * And having seized him , they cast him out of the vineyard , and killed him . * When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes , what will he do to those farmers ? * They say to him , Evil men , he will miserably destroy them , and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers , who will render him the fruits in their seasons . * Jesus says to them , Did ye never read in the scriptures , The stone that those who build rejected , this came to be in the head of the corner . This happened from Lord , and it is marvelous in our eyes ? * Because of this I say to you , that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you , and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it . * And he who falls on this stone will be shattered , but on whomever it may fall , it will grind him to dust . * And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables , they knew that he spoke about them . * And when they sought to seize him , they feared the multitudes , because they held him as a prophet .

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