Matthew:21

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* And when they drew near Jerusalem , and had come to Bethphage , to the Mount of Olives , then Jesus sent two disciples , * saying to them , Go into the village across from you . And immediately you will find an ass tied , and a colt with her . Untie [them ] and bring [them ] to Me . * And if anyone says anything to you , you shall say , The Lord has need of them , and immediately He will send them . * All this was done so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet , saying , * Tell the daughter of Zion , Behold , your King comes to you , meek , and sitting on an ass , even a colt the foal of an ass . * And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them . * And they brought the ass , even the colt , and put their clothes on them , and He sat on them . * And a very great crowd spread their garments in the way . Others cut down branches from the trees and spread [them ] in the way . * And the crowds who went before , and those who followed , cried out , saying , Hosanna to the Son of David ! Blessed [is ] He who comes in [the ] name of [the ] Lord ! Hosanna in the highest ! * And when He had come into Jerusalem , all the city was moved , saying , Who is this ? * And the crowd said , This is Jesus the prophet , from Nazareth of Galilee . * And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple , and overthrew the tables of the money-changers , and the seats of those who sold doves . * And He said to them , It is written , My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but you have made it a den of thieves . * And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple , and He healed them . * And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things which He did , and the children crying in the temple , and saying , Hosanna to the Son of David , they were angry . * And they said to Him , Do you hear what these say ? And Jesus said to them , Yes , have you never read , Out of [the ] mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise ? * And leaving them , He went out of the city to Bethany , and spent the night there . * And returning early to the city , He hungered . * And seeing a fig tree in the way , He came [to ] it and found nothing on it except leaves only . And He said to it , let no fruit grow on you forever . And immediately the fig tree withered away . * And when the disciples saw , they marveled , saying , How quickly the fig tree has withered away ! * Jesus answered and said to them , Truly I say to you , If you have faith and do not doubt , you shall not only do [this miracle ] of the fig tree , but also ; if you shall say to this mountain , Be moved and be thrown into the sea ; it shall be done . * And all things , whatever you shall ask in prayer , believing , you shall receive . * And when He had come into the temple , the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him [as He was ] teaching , and said , By what authority do you do these things ? And who gave you this authority ? * And Jesus answered and said to them , I will also ask you one thing ; which if you tell Me , I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things . * The baptism of John , where was it from ? From Heaven or from men ? And they reasoned within themselves , saying , If we shall say , From Heaven , he will say to us , Why then did you not believe him ? * But if we shall say From men , we fear the people ; for all consider John as a prophet . * And they answered Jesus and said , We cannot tell . And He said to them , Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things . * But what do you think ? A man had two sons ; and he came to the first and said , Son , go work in my vineyard today . * He answered and said , I will not . But afterwards he repented and went . * And he came to the second and said likewise . And he answered and said , I [go ], sir ; and did not go . * Which of the two did the will of [his ] father ? They said to Him , The first . Jesus said 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 [the ] way of righteousness , and you did not believe him . But the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him . And when you had seen [it ], you did not repent afterwards so that you might believe him . * Hear another parable . There was a certain housemaster who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about , and dug a winepress in it , and built a tower , and rented it to vinedressers , and went into a far country . * And when the season of the fruits drew near , he sent his servants to the vinedressers to receive its fruits . * And the vinedressers took his servants , and beat one , and killed another , and stoned another . * Again he sent other servants , more than the first , and they did the same to them . * But last of all he sent his son to them , saying , They will respect my son . * But when the vinedressers saw the son , they said among themselves , This is the heir . Come , let us kill him , and get hold of his inheritance . * And taking him , they threw [him ] out of the vineyard and killed [him ]. * Therefore when the lord of the vineyard comes , what will he do to those vinedressers ? * They said to Him , Bad men ! He will miserably destroy them and will rent out [his ] vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their seasons . * Jesus said to them , Did you never read in the Scriptures , The stone which the builders rejected , this One has become the head of [the ] corner ; this is the Lord 's doing , and it is marvelous in our eyes ? * Therefore I say to you , The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing out its fruits . * And he who falls on this Stone shall be broken , but on whomever it shall fall , it will grind him to powder . * And when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables , they knew that He spoke of them . * But seeking to lay hands on Him , they feared the crowd , because they held Him for a prophet .

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