Matthew 21:1–22

The Triumphal Entry

Mark 11:1–10; Luke 19:29–38; John 12:12–15

21Now ^awhen they drew near Jerusalem, and came to ¹Bethphage, at ^bthe Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ²saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. ³And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

⁴²All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

⁵“Tell ^cthe daughter of Zion,

‘Behold, your King is coming to you,

Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,

A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”

^6dSo the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. ⁷They brought the donkey and the colt, ^elaid their clothes on them, ³and set Him on them. ⁸And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; ^fothers cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. ⁹Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:

“Hosanna to the Son of David!

^g‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’

Hosanna in the highest!”

^10hAnd when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”

¹¹So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, ⁱthe prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

The Cleansing of the Temple

Mark 11:15–17; Luke 19:45, 46

^12jThen Jesus went into the temple ⁴of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the ^kmoney changers and the seats of those who sold doves. ¹³And He said to them, “It is written, ^l‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ^m‘den of thieves.’ ”

¹⁴Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. ¹⁵But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the ⁿSon of David!” they were ⁵indignant ¹⁶and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”

And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,

^o‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants

You have perfected praise’?”

¹⁷Then He left them and ^pwent out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.

Cursing of the Fig Tree

Mark 11:11–14, 20–24

^18qNow in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. ^19rAnd seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.

^20sAnd when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither away so soon?”

²¹So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, ^tif you have faith and ^udo not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, ^vbut also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. ²²And ^wwhatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”