Matthew 21:1-46 NIV
JESUS Comes to Jerusalem as
King
1As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount
of Olives, JESUS Sent two disciples, 2Saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey
tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to ME. 3If anyone says anything to you,
Say
That The Lord Needs Them,
and he will
send them right away.”
4This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
‘See, your KING Comes to you,
Gentle and Riding on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
6The disciples went and did As JESUS Had Instructed them. 7They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on
them for JESUS To Sit On. 8A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others
cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed
shouted,
“Hosanna to The Son of
David!”
“Blessed Is HE Who Comes In The Name of The Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest Heaven!”
“Who Is This?”
Jesus at The Temple
12JESUS Entered The Temple courts and Drove Out all who were
buying and selling there. HE Overturned the tables of the money changers and
the benches of those selling doves.
13“It
Is Written,” HE Said to them, “ ‘My House Will Be Called A
House of Prayer,’e but you are making it ‘a den of
robbers.’f ”
14The blind and the lame came to Him at The Temple, and HE Healed
them. 15But when the chief priests and the teachers of the Law saw the
wonderful things HE Did and the children shouting in The Temple courts, “Hosanna To The Son of David,” they were indignant.
16“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked Him.
“Yes,” Replied
Jesus, “Have you never read,
“ ‘From the lips of children and infants
YOU, Lord, Have Called Forth YOUR Praise’?”
17And HE Left them and Went out of the city to Bethany, where HE Spent
the night.
JESUS Curses a Fig Tree
18Early in the morning, As JESUS Was On His Way Back to the city,
HE Was Hungry. 19Seeing a fig tree by the road, HE Went Up to it but Found nothing
on it except leaves. Then HE Said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.
20When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did the fig
tree wither so quickly?” they asked.
21JESUS Replied, “Truly I Tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can
you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain,
‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.
The Authority of Jesus
Questioned
23JESUS Entered The Temple courts, and, while HE Was Teaching, the
chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him.
“By What Authority Are
YOU Doing these things?” they asked. “And Who Gave YOU This Authority?”
24JESUS Replied, “I Will Also Ask you one question. If you answer ME, I Will Tell you
By What Authority I AM Doing these things. 25John’s baptism—where did it come
from? Was it from Heaven, or of human origin?”
They discussed it among
themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From Heaven,’ HE Will Ask, ‘Then why didn’t
you believe Him?’ 26But if we say, ‘Of human origin’—we are afraid of the people,
for they all hold that John was a prophet.”
27So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
Then he said,
“Neither Will I Tell you by What Authority I AM Doing
these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28“What do you think? There was a man
who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the
vineyard.’
29“ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but
later he changed his mind and went.
30“Then the father went to the other
son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
31“Which of the two did what his
father wanted?”
“The first,” they answered.
JESUS Said to them, “Truly I
tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering The Kingdom of
GOD ahead of you. 32For John came to you to show you
the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors
and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and
believe him.
The Parable of the Tenants
33“Listen to another parable: There
was a Landowner Who Planted a vineyard. HE Put a wall around it, Dug a
winepress in it and Built a watchtower. Then HE Rented the vineyard to some
farmers and Moved to another place.
35“The tenants seized His servants;
they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36Then HE Sent other servants to
them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37Last of all, HE Sent His SON to them.
‘They will respect My SON,’ HE Said.
38“But when the tenants saw The SON, they
said to each other, ‘This Is The Heir. Come, let’s kill Him and take His Inheritance.’ 39So they took Him and threw Him out
of the vineyard and killed Him.
40“Therefore, when The Owner of the
vineyard comes, what Will HE Do to those tenants?”
41“HE Will Bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied,
“and HE Will Rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give Him His share of
the crop at harvest time.”
“ ‘The Stone the builders rejected
Has Become The Cornerstone;
The Lord Has Done This,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’ ?
43“Therefore I Tell you that The Kingdom
of GOD Will Be Taken Away from you and Given to a people who will produce its
fruit. 44Anyone who falls on This Stone will
be broken to pieces; anyone On Whom it falls will be crushed.”i
45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard JESUS’ parables,
they knew HE Was Talking about them.46They looked for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the
crowd because the people held that HE Was A Prophet.
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