1And
when they
drew nigh
unto
Jerusalem,
and were
come to
Bethphage,
unto the
mount of
Olives, then
sent Jesus
two
disciples,
2Saying
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.
3And
if any man say
ought unto
you, ye
shall say,
The Lord
hath need of
them; and
straightway
he will send
them.
4All
this was
done, that
it might be
fulfilled
which was
spoken by
the prophet,
saying,
5Tell
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.
6And
the
disciples
went, and
did as Jesus
commanded
them,
7And
brought the
ass, and the
colt, and
put on them
their
clothes, and
they set him thereon.
8And
a very great
multitude
spread their
garments in
the way;
others cut
down
branches
from the
trees, and
strawed them in
the way.
9And
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.
10And
when he was
come into
Jerusalem,
all the city
was moved,
saying, Who
is this?
11And
the
multitude
said, This
is Jesus the
prophet of
Nazareth of
Galilee.
12And
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,
13And
said unto
them, It
is written,
My house
shall be
called the
house of
prayer; but
ye have made
it a den of
thieves.
14And
the blind
and the lame
came to him
in the
temple; and
he healed
them.
15And
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,
16And
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?
17And
he left
them, and
went out of
the city
into
Bethany; and
he lodged
there.
18Now
in the
morning as
he returned
into the
city, he
hungered.
19And
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.
20And
when the
disciples
saw it,
they
marvelled,
saying, How
soon is the
fig tree
withered
away!
21Jesus
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.
22And
all things,
whatsoever
ye shall ask
in prayer,
believing,
ye shall
receive.
23And
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?
24And
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.
25The
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?
26But
if we shall
say, Of men;
we fear the
people; for
all hold
John as a
prophet.
27And
they
answered
Jesus, and
said, We
cannot tell.
And he said
unto them, Neither
tell I you
by what
authority I
do these
things.
28But
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.
29He
answered and
said, I will
not: but
afterward he
repented,
and went.
30And
he came to
the second,
and said
likewise.
And he
answered and
said, I go,
sir: and
went not.
31Whether
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.
32For
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.
33Hear
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:
34And
when the
time of the
fruit drew
near, he
sent his
servants to
the
husbandmen,
that they
might
receive the
fruits of
it.
35And
the
husbandmen
took his
servants,
and beat
one, and
killed
another, and
stoned
another.
36Again,
he sent
other
servants
more than
the first:
and they did
unto them
likewise.
37But
last of all
he sent unto
them his
son, saying,
They will
reverence my
son.
38But
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.
39And
they caught
him, and
cast him out
of the
vineyard,
and slew him.
40When
the lord
therefore of
the vineyard
cometh, what
will he do
unto those
husbandmen?
41They
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.
42Jesus
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
Lord's
doing, and
it is
marvellous
in our eyes?
43Therefore
say I unto
you, The
kingdom of
God shall be
taken from
you, and
given to a
nation
bringing
forth the
fruits
thereof.
44And
whosoever
shall fall
on this
stone shall
be broken:
but on
whomsoever
it shall
fall, it
will grind
him to
powder.
45And
when the
chief
priests and
Pharisees
had heard
his
parables,
they
perceived
that he
spake of
them.
46But
when they
sought to
lay hands on
him, they
feared the
multitude,
because they
took him for
a prophet.