- Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
- Sent Disciples to Bring a Donkey and Colt
- Great Multitudes Spread Garments & Branches for Jesus
- Jesus Overturned Tables at the Temple
- Jesus Heals the Blind and Lame
- Jesus Curses a Fig Tree
- All things Asked in Prayer, Believing, You will Receive
- The Authority of Jesus Questioned
- Parable of the Two Sons – working in the Vineyard
- The Parable of the Vineyard Tenants
- Gods Kingdom will be Taken Away and Given to Those Producing Fruit
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
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Sent Disciples to Bring a Donkey and Colt
1 When they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, [a] to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 “Tell the daughter of Zion,
behold, your King comes to you,
humble, and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” [b]
6 The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them, 7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
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Great Multitudes Spread Garments & Branches for Jesus
8 A very great multitude spread their garments on the road. Others cut branches[i] from the trees, and spread them on the road. 9 The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna [c] to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” [d]
10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” 11 The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
Jesus Overturned Tables at the Temple
12 Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. 13 He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ [e] but you have made it a den of robbers!” [f]
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Jesus Heals the Blind and Lame
14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant, 16 and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?”
Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?’” [g]
17 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree
18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!”
Immediately the fig tree withered away. 20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
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All things Asked in Prayer, Believing, You will Receive
21 Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done. 22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
The Authority of Jesus Questioned
23 When He had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
24 Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?”
They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.” 27 They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.”
He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Parable of the Two Sons – working in the Vineyard
28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went. 30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but he didn’t go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?”
They said to him, “The first.”
Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
The Parable of the Vineyard Tenants
33 “Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country. 34 When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit. 35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?” 41 They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Did you 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.
It is marvelous in our eyes?’ [h]
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Gods Kingdom will be Taken Away and Given to Those Producing Fruit
43 “Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit. 44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them. 46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
Footnotes:
- [a] Matthew 21:1 TR & NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage”
- [b] Matthew 21:5 Zechariah 9:9 [b-1]
- [c] Matthew 21:9 “Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.
- [d] Matthew 21:9 Psalm 118:26 [d-1]
- [e] Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 56:7 [e-1]
- [f] Matthew 21:13 Jeremiah 7:11 [f-1]
- [g] Matthew 21:16 Psalm 8:2 [g-1]
- [h] Matthew 21:42 Psalm 118:22-23 [h-1]
- [i] Matthew 21:42 The Bible does not specify what type of branches the crowds were cutting and spreading over the road (v 8). But it is reasonable to speculate that they were palm branches because palm trees were common in that part of Judea, and their branches are relatively easy to cut or pluck. Palm branches were a symbol of Jewish independence and nationalism.
- God described the four types of branches that shall be used during this festival. “Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves [1] the foliage of beautiful trees, [2] palm branches and [3] boughs of leafy trees and [4]willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.” (Leviticus 23:40)
Old Testament Footnotes:
[b-1] Zechariah 9:9
9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King comes to you!
He is righteous, and having salvation;
lowly, and riding on a donkey,
even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
[d-1] Psalm 118:26
26 Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name!
We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
[e-1] Isaiah 56:7
7 I will bring these to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
[f-1] Jeremiah 7:11 11 Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says Yahweh.
[g-1] Psalm 8:2
2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
[h-1] Psalm 118:22-23
22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
23 This is Yahweh’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
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