Matthew 21:1-27 ▼

1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent away two disciples,

2 saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and you will immediately find a donkey tied, and the colt with her: loosing, lead her to me.

3 And if any one may say any thing to you, tell him, that the Lord hath need of them; and immediately he will send them away.

4 And all this took place, that the word spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

5 Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh, meek, and seated upon a donkey, even a colt, the progeny of the work-beast.

6 And the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus commanded them,

7 led the donkey, and the colt, and put their garments on them; and He sat on them.

8 A great multitude strewed their garments in the road: and others cut down the branches from the trees, and were strewing them in the road.

9 And the multitudes going forward, and following, continued to cry out, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!

10 And He having come into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, saying; Who is He?

11 And the multitudes continued to say, He is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth of Galilee.

12 And Jesus came into the temple of God, and cast out all the buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-exchangers, and the seats of those selling the doves;

13 and He says to them, It has been written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but you make it a den of thieves.

14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple: and He healed them.

15 And the chief priests and scribes seeing the wonderful things which He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying; Hosanna to the son of David, were indignant,

16 and said to Him, Do you hear what they are saying? And Jesus says to them, Yes: have you not read, That out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

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

18 And in the morning going into the city, He was hungry.

19 And seeing one fig-tree near the road, He went to it, and found nothing on it, except leaves only. And He says to it, Let no fruit ever be from thee; and immediately the fig-tree withered away.

20 And the disciples seeing, were astonished, saying, How did the fig-tree immediately wither away?

21 And Jesus responding said to them, Truly I say unto you, if you may have faith, and doubt not, not only shall you do that of the fig-tree, but you shall say to this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, and it will be done.

22 All things whatsoever you may ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.

23 And the chief priests and elders of the people came to Him, while teaching, He having come into the temple, saying, By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?

24 And Jesus responding, said to them, I ask you also one word, which if you may speak to me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these things:

25 Whence was the baptism of John? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we may say, From heaven; He will say to us, Why then did you not believe on him?

26 But if we may say, From men: we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.

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