Matthew 21
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The Triumphant Entry Into Jerusalem
Mk 11:1–11; Lk 19:28–38; Jn 12:12–19
1#Mt 24:3; 26:30When they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2saying to them, “Go over into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to Me. 3If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them.’ And he will send them immediately.”
4#Mt 1:22; Jn 12:15All this was done to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying:
5#Isa 62:11; Ge 49:10 “Tell the daughter of Zion,
‘Look, your King is coming to you,
humble, and sitting on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’#Zec 9:9.”
6The disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their garments on them, and He sat on them. 8#2Ki 9:13A very large crowd spread their garments on the road. Others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9#Lk 2:14; Mt 23:39The crowds that went before Him and that followed Him cried out:
“Hosanna to the Son of David!
‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’#Ps 118:26.
Hosanna in the highest!”
10When He entered Jerusalem, the entire city was moved, saying, “Who is He?”
11#Lk 7:16; Jn 6:14The crowds said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
The Cleansing of the Temple
Mk 11:15–19; Lk 19:45–48; Jn 2:13–22
12#Lev 1:14; 5:7Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13#Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’#Isa 56:7. but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’#Jer 7:11. ”
14The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15#Mt 21:9; Lk 19:39–40But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were extremely displeased 16#Ps 8:2; Mt 11:25and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”
Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,
‘Out of the mouth of children and infants
You have perfected praise’#Ps 8:2.?”
17#Jn 11:18; 11:1And He left them and went out of the city into Bethany, and He lodged there.
The Cursing of the Fig Tree
Mk 11:12–14, 20–24
18#Mt 4:2Now in the morning as He returned to the city, He became hungry. 19#Lk 13:6–9; Mk 11:14When He saw a fig tree by the road, He went to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, “Let no fruit ever grow on you again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
20When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither away instantly?”
21#Mt 17:20; Jas 1:6Jesus answered them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also, if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed, and be thrown into the sea,’ it will be done. 22#Mt 7:7; Jn 15:7And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.”
The Question of Jesus’ Authority
Mk 11:27–33; Lk 20:1–8
23#Ac 4:7; Ex 2:14When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”
24Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question. If you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?”
They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’ 26#Mk 6:20; Mt 11:9But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for all hold John as a prophet.”
27So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.”
Then He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28#Mt 17:25; 20:1“What do you think? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
29“He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he repented and went.
30“Then he came to the second, and said likewise. He answered, ‘I will go, sir,’ but did not go.
31#Lk 7:29; 7:37–50“Which of the two did the will of his father?”
They said, “The first.”
Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, the tax collectors and prostitutes enter the kingdom of God before you. 32#Mt 11:18; 21:25For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.
The Parable of the Vineyard and the Vinedressers
Mk 12:1–12; Lk 20:9–19
33#Mt 25:14–15; SS 8:11–12“Listen to another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and built a wall around it. He dug a winepress in it and built a tower. Then he rented it to vinedressers and went into a distant country. 34When the season of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers to receive his fruit.
35#Heb 11:36–37; 2Ch 36:15–16“The vinedressers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36#Mt 22:4Again, he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did likewise to them. 37Last of all, he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38“But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39#Ac 2:23So they caught him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
41#Ac 18:6; Mt 21:43They said, “He will severely destroy those wicked men and rent his vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
42#Ac 4:11; Ps 118:22–23; Isa 28:16Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
‘The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’#Ps 118:22–23.?
43“Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing its fruits. 44#Isa 8:14–15; Da 2:34–35Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces. But on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”
45When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. 46#Mt 21:11; 21:26But as they tried to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they held Him as a prophet.
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Matthew 21
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The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
(Mark 11.1-11; Luke 19.28-40; John 12.12-19)
1And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2saying 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. 3And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 #
Zech 9.9. Tell ye the daughter of Zion,
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,
meek, and sitting upon an ass,
and a colt the foal of an ass.
6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. 9#Ps 118.25 (Hebrew); Ps 118.26. 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.
10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? 11And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
The Cleansing of the Temple
(Mark 11.15-19; Luke 19.45-48; John 2.13-22)
12And 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 money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13#Isa 56.7; Jer 7.11. 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.
14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15And 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#Ps 8.2. 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?
17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
The Cursing of the Fig Tree
(Mark 11.12-14,20-26)
18Now in the morning, as he returned into the city, he hungered. 19And 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. 20And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! 21#Matt 17.20; 1 Cor 13.2. 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. 22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Jesus' Authority Questioned
(Mark 11.27-33; Luke 20.1-8)
23And 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? 24And 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. 25The 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? 26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. 27And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard. 29He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. 30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not. 31Whether 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#Luke 3.12; 7.29,30. 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.
The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen
(Mark 12.1-12; Luke 20.9-19)
33 #
Isa 5.1,2. 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: 34and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38But 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. 39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41They 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 #
Ps 118.22,23. 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 marvelous in our eyes?
43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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