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THEY WERE NOW nearing Jerusalem; and when they reached Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples | The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem Mt.21.1-11 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.21.1-11 → ] - Mk.11.1-11, Lk.19.28-38, Jn.12.12-19 |
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with these instructions: 'Go to the village opposite, where you will at once find a donkey tethered with her foal beside her; untie them, and bring them to me. | |
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If anyone speaks to you, say, "Our Master needs them"; and he will let you take them at once.' | |
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This was in fulfilment of the prophecy which says, | |
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'Tell the daughter of Zion, "Here is your king, who comes to you in gentleness, riding on an ass, riding on the foal of a beast of burden." ' | - Tell the daughter of Zion Mt.21.5 ( ) - - Is.62.11, Zch.9.9 |
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The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed, | |
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and brought the donkey and her foal; they laid their cloaks on them and Jesus mounted. | |
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Crowds of people carpeted the road with their cloaks, and some cut branches from the trees to spread in his path. | |
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Then the crowd that went ahead and the others that came behind raised the shout: 'Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the heavens!' | - Hosanna to the Son of David Mt.21.9 ( ) - - Ps.118.26 |
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When he entered Jerusalem the whole city went wild with excitement. 'Who is this?' people asked, | |
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and the crowd replied, 'This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.' | |
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Jesus then went into the temple and drove out all who were buying and selling in the temple precincts; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the seats of the dealers in pigeons; | The Cleansing of the Temple. Mt.21.12-17 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.21.12-17 → ] - Mk.11.15-19, Lk.19.45-48, Jn.2.13-22 |
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and said to them, 'Scripture says, "My house shall be called a house of prayer"; but you are making it a robbers' cave.'
| - My house shall be called a house of prayer Mt.21.13 - Is.56.7, Is.60.7, Jr.7.11 |
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In the temple blind men and cripples came to him, and he healed them. | |
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The chief priests and doctors of the law saw the wonderful things he did, and heard the boys in the temple shouting, 'Hosanna to the Son of David!', and indignantly, | |
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and they asked him indignantly, 'Do you hear what they are saying?' Jesus answered, 'I do; have you never read that text, "Thou hast made children and babes at the breast sound aloud thy praise"?' | - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Mt.21.16 - Ps.8.2 |
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Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
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Next morning on his way to the city he felt hungry; | The Cursing of the Fig Tree Mt.21.18-22 (Mount of Olives) -[ Mt.21.18-22 → ] - Mk.11.12-14, Mk.11.20-24 |
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and seeing a fig-tree at the roadside he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. He said to the tree, 'You shall never bear fruit any more!'; and the tree withered away at once. | |
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The disciples were amazed at the sight. 'How is it', they asked, 'that the tree has withered so suddenly?' | |
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Jesus answered them, 'I tell you this: if only you have faith and have no doubts, you will do what has been done to the fig-tree; and more than that, you need only say to this mountain, "Be lifted from your place and hurled into the sea" | |
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And whatever you pray for in faith you will receive.'
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He entered the temple, and the chief priests and elders of the nation came to him with the question: 'By what authority are you acting like this? Who gave you this authority?' | The Authority of Jesus Questioned Mt.21.23-27 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.21.23-27 → ] - Mk.11.27-33, Lk.20.1-8 |
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Jesus replied, 'I have a question to ask too; answer it, and I will tell you by what authority I act. | |
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The baptism of John: was it from God, or from men?' This set them arguing among themselves: 'If we say, "from God", he will say, "Then why did you not believe him?" | |
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But if we say, "from men", we are afraid of the people, for they all take John for a prophet.' | |
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So they answered, 'We do not know.' And Jesus said: 'Then neither will I tell you by what authority I act.
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'But what do you think about this? A man had two sons. He went to the first, and said, "My boy, go and work today in the vineyard." | The Parable of the Two Sons Mt.21.28-32 (Jerusalem) - |
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"I will, sir", the boy replied; but he never went. | |
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The father came to the second and said the same. "I will not", he replied, but afterwards he changed his mind and went. | |
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Which of these two did as his father wished?' 'The second', they said. Then Jesus answered, 'I tell you this: tax-gatherers and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. | |
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For when John came to show you the right way to live, you did not believe him, but the tax-gatherers and prostitutes did; and even when you had seen that, you did not change your minds and believe him.
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'Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard: he put a wall round it, hewed out a winepress, and built a watch-tower; then he let it out to vine-growers and went abroad. | The Parable of the Vineyard and the Tenants Mt.21.33-46 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.21.33-46 → ] - Mk.12.1-12, Lk.20.9-19 |
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When the vintage season approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect the produce due to him. | |
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But they took his servants and thrashed one, killed another, and stoned a third. | |
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Again, he sent other servants, this time a larger number; and they did the same to them. | |
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At last he sent to them his son. "They will respect my son", he said. | |
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But when they saw the son the tenants said to one another, "This is the heir; come on, let us kill him, and get his inheritance." | |
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And they took him, flung him out of the vineyard, and killed him. | |
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When the owner of the vineyard comes, how do you think he will deal with those tenants?' | |
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'He will bring those bad men to a bad end', they answered, 'and hand the vineyard over to other tenants, who will let him have his share of the crop when the season comes.' | |
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Then Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the scriptures: "The stone which the builders rejected has become the main corner-stone. This is the Lord's doing, and it is wonderful in our eyes"? | - the kingdom of God ... given to a nation producing the fruits Mt.21.43 ( ) - - Ps.118.22-23 |
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Therefore, I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a nation that yields the proper fruit.'" | |
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When the chief priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they saw that he was referring to them; | |
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they wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the people, who looked on Jesus as a prophet.
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