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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1And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2saying unto them, Go into the village that is 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 one say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5Tell ye the daughter of Zion,
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,
Meek, and riding upon an ass,
And upon a colt the foal of an ass.
6And the disciples went, and did even as Jesus appointed them, 7and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their garments; and he sat thereon. 8And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the way. 9And the multitudes that went before him, 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 stirred, saying, Who is this? 11And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
12And Jesus entered 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 the doves; 13and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers. 14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation, 16and said unto him, Hearest thou what these are saying? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea: did ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? 17And he left them, and went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
18Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he hungered. 19And seeing a fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only; and he saith unto it, Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away. 20And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How did the fig tree immediately wither away? 21And Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done. 22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
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 question, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why then did ye not believe him? 26But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. 27And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 28But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard. 29And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went. 30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, 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. 32For 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 saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.
33Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country. 34And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits. 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 in like manner. 37But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance. 39And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected,
The same was made the head of the corner;
This was from the Lord,
And it is marvellous in our eyes?
43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. 45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.
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