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1 And when they drew
nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives,
then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying
unto them, Go into the
village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a
colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And
if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of
them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All
this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,
saying, 5 Tell ye the
daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting
upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 6 And
the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 And
brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him
thereon. 8 And a very great
multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from
the trees, and strawed them
in the way. 9 And the
multitudes that went before, 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. 10 And
when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is
this? 11 And the multitude
said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
12 And Jesus went into
the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the
temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of
them that sold doves, 13 And
said unto them, It is written, My house shall be
called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14 And
the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15 And
when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did,
and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of
David; they were sore displeased, 16 And
said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea;
have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast
perfected praise? 17 And
he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
18 Now in the morning
as he returned into the city, he hungered. 19 And
when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing
thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let
no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig
tree withered away. 20 And
when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the
fig tree withered away! 21 Jesus
answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you,
If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is
done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be
thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22 And
all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive.
23 And 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? 24 And
Jesus answered and said unto them, I
also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell
you by what authority I do these things. 25 The
baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they
reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will
say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 26 But
if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a
prophet. 27 And they answered
Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither
tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28 But
what think ye? A certain
man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day
in my vineyard. 29 He
answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30 And
he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go,
sir: and went not. 31 Whether
of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto
him, 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. 32 For
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 had seen it,
repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
33 Hear
another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a
vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and
built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34 And
when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And
the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and
stoned another. 36 Again,
he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them
likewise.
37 But last of
all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 But
when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39 And
they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
40 When the
lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those
husbandmen? 41 They
say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out
his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the
fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus
saith unto them, Did
ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected,
the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lords doing, and
it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore
say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a
nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44 And
whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it
shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45 And
when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they
perceived that he spake of them. 46 But
when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because
they took him for a prophet.
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