Mattityahu 21
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1When they came near to Yerushalayim and arrived at Beit-Pagey on the Mount of Olives, then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach sent two talmidim,
2saying to them, Go into the shtetl ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey having been tied and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me.
3And if anyone should say to you anything, you say, HaAdon has need of them. And he will send them immediately.
4And this took place in order that might be fulfilled the thing spoken by the Navi (Prophet), saying:
5IMRU LBAT TZIYON! (Tell the Daughter of Zion!) Hinei! Your Melech comes, ANI VROCHEV AL CHAMOR VAL AYIR BEN ATONOT#21:5 Isa 62:11; Zech 9:9 (poor, humble and riding on a donkey and upon a colt, the foal of donkeys).
6And having accomplished just what Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach had commanded them,
7they brought the donkey and the colt and they put their garments upon them, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach sat upon them.
8And the very large multitudes spread out their garments on the road, and others were cutting lulavim from the trees, and were spreading them out on the road.
9And the multitudes going before him and the multitudes following after him were crying out, saying, HOSHAN NAH#21:9 Ps 118:25-26 (Save now) to Ben Dovid! BARUCH HABAH B'SHEM ADONOI! Hoshannah in the Highest!
10And when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach had entered into Yerushalayim, the whole city was stirred, saying, Who is this!?!
11And the multitudes were saying, This is Yehoshua HaNavi! From Natzeret in the Galil.
12And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach arrived at the Beis Hamikdash and expelled the ones selling and buying in the Beis Hamikdash. And he turned over the tishen (tables) of the machalifei hakesafim (money changers) and the chairs of those selling the yonim (doves).
13And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, It has been written, BEITI BEIT TEFILLAH YIKAREI#21:13 Isa 56:7 (My House shall be called a House of Prayer), but you are making it into a MEARAT PARITZIM#21:13 Jer 7:11 (den of robbers).
14And ivrim (blind persons) and pisechim (lame persons) came to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach in the Beis Hamikdash, and he brought refuah to them.
15And the Rashei Hakohanim and the Sofrim were indignant, having seen the niflaot (wonders) which Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach accomplished and the yeladim shouting in the Beis Hamikdash, Hoshannah to the Ben Dovid.#21:15 Moshiach
16And they said to Moshiach, Do you hear what these are saying? And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Ken. Have you never read, MIPI OLLELIM VYONKIM YISSADETAH OZ#21:16 Ps 8:2 [3] (From the lips of children and infants You ordained strength, praise)?
17And having left them, he went out of the city to Beit-Anyah (Bethany) and spent the night there.
18Now going up early into the city, he was hungry.
19And observing the etz teenah (fig tree) on the way, he went up to it and found nothing on it, except leaves, and he says to it, No longer from you will there ever be pri (fruit)! And the etz teenah withered then and there.
20And observing this, the talmidim were astounded, saying, How did the etz teenah instantly wither?
21And he said in reply, Omein, I say to you, if you have emunah and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the etz teenah, but also if you say to this mountain, Be lifted up and be thrown into the sea, it will happen.
22And, when you daven, all things whatever for which you may make techinnah (petition, supplication) with emunah, you will receive.
23And after Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach had gone into the Beis Hamikdash, while he was bringing forth his torah, the Rashei Hakohanim and the Zekenim of the people approached him, saying, By what samchut (authority) do you do these things? And who granted you this samchut?
24And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply to them, I also will ask you a question, which, if you will tell me, I also will tell you by what samchut I do these things…
25The tevilah in the mikveh mayim of Yochanan, it was from where, from Shomayim or from Bnei Adam? And they were discussing it among themselves, saying, If we say, From Shomayim, he will say to us, Why then do you not believe him?
26But if we say, From Bnei Adam, we fear the multitude, for everyone considers Yochanan a Navi.
27And in reply to him, they said, We do not have daas. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Neither will I tell you by what samchut I do these things.
28What do you think? A man had two banim (sons). And having approached the rishon (first), the man said, Beni (my son), go today and work in the kerem (vineyard).
29But the first son said in reply, I will not. But later, having changed his mind, he went.
30And having approached the other son, the man spoke similarly. But the second son, in reply, said, I will go, Adoni. Yet he did not go.
31Which of the two did the ratzon haAv (the will of the Father)? They say, The rishon (the first). Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Omein, I say to you, that the mochesim (tax-collectors) and the zonot (prostitutes) are going in ahead of you into the Malchut Hashem.
32For Yochanan of the tevilah of teshuva came to you in the Derech Tzidkat Hashem (Way of Righteousness), and you did not believe him. But the mochesim and the zonot believed him. But you, even after you saw, did not change your mind#21:32 i.e., make teshuva and believe him.
33Listen to another mashal. There was a man, a Baal Bayit, who planted a kerem (vineyard). And he put a fence around it, and he dug a yekev (winepress) in it, and built a migdal (tower) and leased it to koremim (vine-keepers) and departed.
34And when the time of the Katsir (Harvest) came, the Baal Bayit sent his servants to the koremim to receive the pri (fruit).
35And the koremim, having seized his servants, one they beat, another they killed, and another they stoned.
36And the Baal Bayit sent other servants, more than the rishonim (first ones), and the koremim did the same thing to them.
37Lemaskana (finally, at last), the Baal Bayit sent to the koremim his Ben, saying, They will respect my Ben.
38And when the koremim saw the Ben, they said among themselves, This is the Bechor (Firstborn), the Yoresh (Heir). Come, let us kill him and let us take possession of his bechorah (inheritance).
39And having seized the Ben, they threw the Ben out of the kerem and they killed him.
40Therefore, when the Baal HaKerem (Owner of the Vineyard) comes, what will he do to those koremim (vine keepers)?
41They say to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Those resha'im (evil-doers) the Baal HaKerem will bring to a terrible mavet, and the Kerem the Baal HaKerem will lease to other koremim, who will render unto the Baal HaKerem the PRI BITO#21:41 Ps 1:3 (fruit in its season).
42Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Have you never heard in the Kitvei Hakodesh (Holy Scriptures), EVEN MAASU HABONIM HAYTAH LEROSH PINAH; MEIES HASHEM HAYTAH ZOT HI NIFLAT BEINEINU#21:42 Ps 118:22-23 (The Stone which the Builders rejected, this one has become Head of the Corner; this came about from the L-rd, and it is marvelous in our eyes)?
43For this reason, I say to you, the Malchut Hashem will be taken from you and it will be given to a people that produces its pri.
44And the one having fallen on this EVEN#21:44 Dan 2:35; Isa 8:14-15 (Stone)#21:44 Moshiach will be crushed; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.
45And having heard Moshiachʼs mashal, the Rashei Hakohanim and the Perushim understood that he spoke about them.
46And seeking to arrest him, they were afraid of the multitudes, vi-bahlt (since) the multitudes considered him a Navi.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Matthew 21
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Chapter 21
Jesus goes into Jerusalem
1Jesus and his 12 disciples were coming near to Jerusalem. They came to the village called Bethphage. #21:1 Bethphage is a village on the east side of the Mount of Olives. They were on the Mount of Olives. #21:1 The Mount of Olives is on the east side of Jerusalem. It is called this because many olive trees grow on it. Then Jesus sent two of his disciples to go further.
2He said to them, ‘Go into the village that is in front of you. When you arrive there, you will immediately see a donkey tied there with her young donkey. Undo the ropes and bring both the donkeys here to me. 3Someone may ask you, “What are you doing?” Then say, “The Master needs them. He will send them back to you soon.” ’
4A prophet had spoken a message from God about this long ago. Now it became true.
5‘Say to the people in Jerusalem,
“Look, your king is coming to you.
He does not come like someone who thinks that he is important.
He is riding on a donkey.
Yes, he is riding on a young donkey.” ’#21:5 See Zechariah 9:9
6So the two disciples went to the village. They did everything that Jesus had told them to do. 7They brought the donkey and the young donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on the backs of the donkeys. Then Jesus got up and sat on one of them. 8Many people in the crowd put their coats down on the road. Other people cut branches down from trees. They put these branches down on the road. #21:8 The people did this so that the donkeys could walk on the coats and on the branches. People often did this when they received someone important.
9Many crowds of people went in front of Jesus and other people followed him. All of them were shouting,
‘We praise the Son of David!
May the Lord God bless the king who comes with his authority!
We praise God in heaven above!’ #21:9 See Psalms 118:26
10When Jesus went into Jerusalem, everybody in the city had trouble in their minds. They were asking each other, ‘Who is this man?’
11The people in the crowd replied, ‘This is God's prophet, Jesus. He comes from Nazareth in Galilee.’
Jesus visits the temple
12Jesus then went into the yard of the temple. #21:12 the temple had a wall round it. Only the priests went into the temple. The priests let the people go through the gate in the wall. They came together in the yard outside the temple. People were buying and selling things there. Jesus made them all leave that place. He pushed over the tables of the men who changed coins. #21:12 The people had to use different money in the temple. They had to sell their own money and buy this different money. With this, they could buy special birds and animals to give as gifts to God. He also pushed over the seats of the men who sold birds.
13Jesus spoke to them all. He said, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come together to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’ #21:13 See Isaiah 56:9 and Jeremiah 7:11
14 Blind people went to meet Jesus in the yard of the temple. People who could not walk very well also went there. Jesus caused them all to become well. 15The leaders of the priests and teachers of God's Law saw all the powerful things that Jesus did. They also saw children in the yard of the temple who were shouting, ‘Welcome! We pray that God will be good to you, Son of David!’ All these things caused the important Jews to become very angry.
16They asked Jesus, ‘Can you hear what these children are saying?’
Jesus replied, ‘Yes, I can hear them. I am sure that you have read this in the Bible:
“Lord God, babies and children praise you.
You yourself have taught them to do that.” ’ #21:16 See Psalms 8:2
17Then Jesus left everyone and he went out of Jerusalem. He stayed that night in Bethany, a village near the city. #21:17 Bethany was a village near Bethphage, very near to Jerusalem.
Jesus causes a fruit tree to die
18On the next day, early in the morning, Jesus left Bethany to return to Jerusalem. On the way there, he was hungry. 19He saw a fig tree near to the road. He went to see if it had fruit on it. But there were only leaves on the tree, and no fruit. Jesus said to the tree, ‘No fruit will ever grow on you again!’ Then, immediately, the tree became dry and it died.
20The disciples saw it happen and they were very surprised. And they asked Jesus, ‘How did the tree die so quickly?’
21Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you this: You must believe in God. You must not have other ideas in your mind. If you believe in God, then you could also do the same thing to this fig tree. You could even say to this mountain, “Move away and throw yourself into the sea!” Then it would really happen. 22So when you pray to ask God for something, believe in him. Then God will give you whatever you ask for.’
23Then Jesus returned to the yard of the temple. While he was teaching the people there, the leaders of the priests and important Jews went to him. They asked him, ‘What authority do you have to do these things? Tell us. Who gave you the authority to do them?’
24Jesus replied, ‘I also will ask you one question. If you tell me the answer, then I will answer your question. I will tell you what authority I have to do these things. 25John baptized people. Did God give him the authority to do this? Or did men tell him to do it?’ Then the Jewish leaders talked to each other about Jesus' question. They said, ‘We could say that God gave John his authority. But if we say that, Jesus will say to us, “Then you should have believed John.” 26But we do not want to say that only men gave John his authority. All the people think that John was a prophet from God. We are afraid that the crowd might attack us.’
27So the Jewish leaders answered Jesus: ‘We do not know who gave John his authority.’
Jesus said to them, ‘You will not answer my question. So I will not tell you what authority I have to do these things.’
Jesus tells a story about two sons
28Jesus said to the Jewish leaders, ‘Tell me what you think about this story. A man had two sons. He went to the older son and said, “Son, go and work in my field today.”
29The older son replied, “I do not want to go and work there today.” But after he had said that, he did go and work in the field.
30The man went to his other son and he said the same thing to him. The second son replied, “Yes, father, I will go.” But then he did not go to work in the field.
31Tell me, which of the man's sons did what his father wanted?’
The Jewish leaders replied, ‘The older son did what his father wanted.’
Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you this: The men who take taxes from people are going into the kingdom of God before you. It is the same with prostitutes. They also are going into the kingdom of God before you. 32John the Baptist came to show you the right way to live. You did not believe him. But the men who take taxes did believe him. Prostitutes also believed him. Even after you saw this, you did not believe him. You did not change the way that you live.’
Jesus tells a story about a farmer
33Then Jesus said again to the Jewish leaders, ‘Listen to another story that I will tell you. There was a man who had his own farm. He planted vines in a garden to grow grapes there. He built a wall around the garden. He dug a hole in the ground for a winepress to make wine. He also built a tall building to watch over the garden. #21:33 From a tall building, someone could watch for any animals, birds or bad people who came to the farm.
The man then found some farmers to work in the garden for him. Then he went away to another country. 34When it was nearly time for the harvest, the master sent his servants to speak to the farmers. He wanted them to give him the fruit that was his. 35But the farmers took hold of the servants. They hit one of them with sticks. They killed another one. They threw stones at another servant and killed him. 36So the master sent other servants to go to the farmers. He sent more servants than the first time. But the farmers did the same thing to those servants too. 37After that, the master sent his own son to the farmers. He thought, “The farmers will surely respect my son.”
38The farmers saw the master's son coming. They said to each other, “This is the master's own son. The garden will belong to him when his father dies. So we should kill the son and then the garden will be ours.” 39Then the farmers took hold of the son. They threw him out of the garden and they killed him.’
40Jesus then said, ‘One day, the master will return to his garden. What do you think he will do then to those farmers?’
41The Jewish leaders said to Jesus, ‘The master will completely destroy those bad people. Then he will give the garden to other farmers to take care of it. Those new farmers will give the master the fruit that he should have at the time of harvest.’
42Jesus said to them, ‘I am sure that you have read this in the Bible:
“The builders refused to use a certain stone.
They thought that it had no value.
But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building. #21:42 Jesus is this special stone. The Jewish leaders did not want to use it.
The Lord God did this.
And we can see that he did something great.” #21:42 See Psalms 118:22-23
43I tell you this: Because you do not believe in me, God will take his kingdom away from you. He will give it to people who show that they obey him.
44When a person falls onto that stone, it will break his body into pieces. When that stone falls on top of someone, it will destroy him completely.’ #21:44 Verse 44 is not in all copies of Matthew's book.
45The leaders of the priests and the Pharisees heard what Jesus said in his stories. They knew that he was speaking against them. 46They wanted to take hold of him and put him in prison. But they did not try to do it because they were afraid of the people. The people thought that Jesus was a prophet from God.
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