Matthew:21-22
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And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem ,
and were come to Bethphage ,
unto the mount of Olives ,
then sent Jesus two disciples ,
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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 .
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And if any man say ought unto you ,
ye shall say ,
The Lord hath need of them ;
and straightway he will send them .
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All this was done ,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet ,
saying ,
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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 .
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And the disciples went ,
and did as Jesus commanded them ,
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And brought the ass ,
and the colt ,
and put on them their clothes ,
and they set him thereon .
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And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way ;
others cut down branches from the trees ,
and strawed them in the way .
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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 .
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And when he was come into Jerusalem ,
all the city was moved ,
saying ,
Who is this ?
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And the multitude said ,
This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee .
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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 ,
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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 .
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And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple ;
and he healed them .
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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 ,
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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 ?
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And he left them ,
and went out of the city into Bethany ;
and he lodged there .
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Now in the morning as he returned into the city ,
he hungered .
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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 .
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And when the disciples saw it ,
they marvelled ,
saying ,
How soon is the fig tree withered away !
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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 .
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And all things ,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer ,
believing ,
ye shall receive .
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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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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 .
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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 ?
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But if we shall say ,
Of men ;
we fear the people ;
for all hold John as a prophet .
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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 .
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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 .
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He answered and said ,
I will not :
but afterward he repented ,
and went .
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And he came to the second ,
and said likewise .
And he answered and said ,
I go ,
sir :
and went not .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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And when the time of the fruit drew near ,
he sent his servants to the husbandmen ,
that they might receive the fruits of it .
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And the husbandmen took his servants ,
and beat one ,
and killed another ,
and stoned another .
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Again ,
he sent other servants more than the first :
and they did unto them likewise .
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But last of all he sent unto them his son ,
saying ,
They will reverence my son .
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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 .
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And they caught him ,
and cast him out of the vineyard ,
and slew him .
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When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh ,
what will he do unto those husbandmen ?
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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 .
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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 ?
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Therefore say I unto you ,
The kingdom of God shall be taken from you ,
and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof .
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And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken :
but on whomsoever it shall fall ,
it will grind him to powder .
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And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables ,
they perceived that he spake of them .
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But when they sought to lay hands on him ,
they feared the multitude ,
because they took him for a prophet .
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And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables ,
and said ,
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The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king ,
which made a marriage for his son ,
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And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding :
and they would not come .
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Again ,
he sent forth other servants ,
saying ,
Tell them which are bidden ,
Behold ,
I have prepared my dinner :
my oxen and my fatlings are killed ,
and all things are ready :
come unto the marriage .
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But they made light of it ,
and went their ways ,
one to his farm ,
another to his merchandise :
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And the remnant took his servants ,
and entreated them spitefully ,
and slew them .
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But when the king heard thereof ,
he was wroth :
and he sent forth his armies ,
and destroyed those murderers ,
and burned up their city .
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Then saith he to his servants ,
The wedding is ready ,
but they which were bidden were not worthy .
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Go ye therefore into the highways ,
and as many as ye shall find ,
bid to the marriage .
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So those servants went out into the highways ,
and gathered together all as many as they found ,
both bad and good :
and the wedding was furnished with guests .
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And when the king came in to see the guests ,
he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment :
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And he saith unto him ,
Friend ,
how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment ?
And he was speechless .
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Then said the king to the servants ,
Bind him hand and foot ,
and take him away ,
and cast him into outer darkness ;
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth .
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For many are called ,
but few are chosen .
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Then went the Pharisees ,
and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk .
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And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians ,
saying ,
Master ,
we know that thou art true ,
and teachest the way of God in truth ,
neither carest thou for any man :
for thou regardest not the person of men .
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Tell us therefore ,
What thinkest thou ?
Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar ,
or not ?
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But Jesus perceived their wickedness ,
and said ,
Why tempt ye me ,
ye hypocrites ?
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Shew me the tribute money .
And they brought unto him a penny .
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And he saith unto them ,
Whose is this image and superscription
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They say unto him ,
Caesar '
s .
Then saith he unto them ,
Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar '
s ;
and unto God the things that are God '
s .
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When they had heard these words ,
they marvelled ,
and left him ,
and went their way .
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The same day came to him the Sadducees ,
which say that there is no resurrection ,
and asked him ,
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Saying ,
Master ,
Moses said ,
If a man die ,
having no children ,
his brother shall marry his wife ,
and raise up seed unto his brother .
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Now there were with us seven brethren :
and the first ,
when he had married a wife ,
deceased ,
and ,
having no issue ,
left his wife unto his brother :
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Likewise the second also ,
and the third ,
unto the seventh .
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And last of all the woman died also .
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Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven ?
for they all had her .
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Jesus answered and said unto them ,
Ye do err ,
not knowing the scriptures ,
nor the power of God .
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For in the resurrection they neither marry ,
nor are given in marriage ,
but are as the angels of God in heaven .
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But as touching the resurrection of the dead ,
have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God ,
saying ,
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I am the God of Abraham ,
and the God of Isaac ,
and the God of Jacob ?
God is not the God of the dead ,
but of the living .
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And when the multitude heard this ,
they were astonished at his doctrine .
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But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence ,
they were gathered together .
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Then one of them ,
which was a lawyer ,
asked him a question ,
tempting him ,
and saying ,
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Master ,
which is the great commandment in the law ?
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Jesus said unto him ,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart ,
and with all thy soul ,
and with all thy mind .
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This is the first and great commandment .
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And the second is like unto it ,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself .
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On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets .
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While the Pharisees were gathered together ,
Jesus asked them ,
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Saying ,
What think ye of Christ ?
whose son is he ?
They say unto him ,
The Son of David .
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He saith unto them ,
How then doth David in spirit call him Lord ,
saying ,
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The LORD said unto my Lord ,
Sit thou on my right hand ,
till I make thine enemies thy footstool ?
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If David then call him Lord ,
how is he his son ?
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And no man was able to answer him a word ,
neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions .
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Then spake Jesus to the multitude ,
and to his disciples ,
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