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1When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and

1When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

2told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.

2saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.

3If anyone says anything to you, tell him, 'The Lord needs them,' and that person will send them at once."

3"If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them."

4Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said,

4This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5"Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt of a donkey.'"

5"SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, 'BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.'"

6So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

6The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

7They brought the donkey and the colt and put their coats on them, and he sat upon them.

7and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.

8Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

8Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.

9Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

9The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!"

10When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The people were asking, "Who is this?"

10When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"

11The crowds kept saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, the man from Nazareth in Galilee."

11And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee."

12Then Jesus went into the Temple, threw out everyone who was selling and buying in the Temple, and overturned the moneychangers' tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.

12And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

13He told them, "It is written, 'My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"

13And He said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."

14Blind and lame people came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

14And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

15But when the high priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he had done and the children shouting in the Temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became furious

15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant

16and asked him, "Do you hear what these people are saying?" Jesus told them, "Yes! Haven't you ever read, 'From the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have created praise'?"

16and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, 'OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"

17Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

17And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

18In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, he became hungry.

18Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.

19Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

19Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He said to it, "No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you." And at once the fig tree withered.

20When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. "How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?" they asked.

20Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, "How did the fig tree wither all at once?"

21Jesus answered them, "I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you be able to do what has been done to the fig tree, but you will also say to this mountain, 'Be removed and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.

21And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen.

22You will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe."

22"And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

23Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

23When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?"

24Jesus answered them, "I, too, will ask you one question. If you answer it for me, I will also tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

24Jesus said to them, "I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

25Where did John's authority to baptize come from? From heaven or from humans?" They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Then why didn't you believe him?'

25"The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?" And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

26But if we say, 'From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

26"But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet."

27So they told Jesus, "We don't know." He in turn told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

27And answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

28"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

28"But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

29His son replied, 'I don't want to,' but later he changed his mind and went.

29"And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterward he regretted it and went.

30Then the father went to the other son and told him the same thing. He replied, 'I will, sir,' but he didn't go.

30"The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, 'I will, sir'; but he did not go.

31Which of the two did the father's will?" They answered, "The first one." Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you!

31"Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

32John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

32"For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.

33"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.

33"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

34When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce.

34"When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.

35But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.

35"The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

36Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way.

36"Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.

37Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'

37"But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

38But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, 'This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

38"But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'

39So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

39"They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?"

40"Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?"

41They told him, "He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time."

41They said to Him, "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons."

42Jesus asked them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.'?

42Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES '?

43That is why I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce fruit for it.

43"Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.

44The person who falls over this stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush anyone on whom it falls."

44"And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."

45When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them.

45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

46Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

46When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.

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