Matthew 21

21And ^awhen they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to ^bBethphage, unto ^cthe 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. ^4dAll this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, ^5eTell ye the daughter of Sion, ^fBehold, 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 ^gthereon. ⁸And a very great multitude ^hspread their garments in the way; others ⁱcut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. ⁹And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, ^kHosanna to the Son of David: ^lBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; ^kHosanna ^min the highest. ¹⁰ⁿAnd when he was come into Jerusalem, ^oall the city was moved, saying, Who is this? ¹¹And the multitude said, This is Jesus ^pthe prophet of ^qNazareth of Galilee.

^12rAnd Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the ^stables of the ^tmoneychangers, and the seats of them that sold ^udoves, ¹³And said unto them, It is written, ^xMy house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it ^ya den of ^yythieves. 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, ^zHosanna 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, ^aOut of the mouth of ^bbabes and sucklings thou hast ^cperfected praise? ¹⁷And he left them, and went out of the city into ^dBethany; and he lodged there.

^18eNow 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. ^20fAnd when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! ²¹Jesus answered and said unto them, ^gVerily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and ^hdoubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto ⁱthis mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. ²²And ^kall things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

^23lAnd 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, ^mBy 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 ^mreasoned 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; ⁿwe fear the people; for all hold John as ^oa 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. ^28pBut what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day ^qin my vineyard. ²⁹He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he ^rrepented, 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 ^spublicans and the ^tharlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³²For John came unto you ^uin the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the ^xpublicans and the harlots ^xbelieved him: and ye, when ye had seen it, ^qrepented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

³³Hear another parable: ^yThere was a certain householder, which planted ^za vineyard, and ^ahedged it round about, and ^adigged a winepress in it, and ^abuilt a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and ^bwent into a far country: ³⁴And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, ^cthat they might receive the fruits of it. ³⁵And the husbandmen took his servants, and ^dbeat one, and ^ekilled another, and ^fstoned another. ³⁶Again, he sent ^gother servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. ³⁷But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will ^hreverence my son. ³⁸But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is ⁱthe heir; come, ^jlet us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. ^39kAnd they caught him, and cast him ^lout 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, ^mHe will miserably destroy those wicked men, ⁿand 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, ^oThe 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, ^pThe kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. ⁴⁴And whosoever ^qshall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, ^rit will grind him to powder. ⁴⁵And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. ⁴⁶But ^swhen they sought to lay hands on him, ^tthey feared the multitude, because they took him for ^ua prophet.