Chapter 21 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage,
unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus to disciples, 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.
And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them.
And straightway he will send them.
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,
saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king cometh unto thee,
meek and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the fool of an ass.
And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them, and brought the ass and
the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way.
Others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
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!
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying,
Who is this?
And the multitude said, This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth, of Galilee.
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, 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.
And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
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, 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?
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany, and he lodged there.
Now in the morning, as he returned into the city, he hungered.
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.
And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig
tree withered away?
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.
And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
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?
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing,
which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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?
But if we shall say of men, we fear the people, for all hold John as a prophet.
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.
But what think ye?
A certain man had two sons.
And he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.
He answered and said, I will not.
But afterward he repented and went.
And he came to the second and said likewise.
And he answered and said, I go, sir, and went not.
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.
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.
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 led it out to
husbandmen, and went into a far country.
And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen,
that they might receive the fruits of it.
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another,
and stoned another.
Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did unto them likewise.
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
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.
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those
husbandmen?
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.
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 Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to
a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it
shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived
that he spake of them.
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they
took him for a prophet.