21:1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage,{TR reads "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"} to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 1 , When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage,{TR reads "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"} to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
21:2 saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 2 , saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.
21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and immediately he will send them."
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 3 , If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and immediately he will send them."
21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 4 , All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
21:5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, Humble, and riding on a donkey, On a colt, the foal of a donkey."
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 5 , "Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, Humble, and riding on a donkey, On a colt, the foal of a donkey."
21:6 The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 6 , The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
21:7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 7 , and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
21:8 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 8 , A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
21:9 The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 9 , The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
21:10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 10 , When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"
21:11 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 11 , The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
21:12 Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money-changers' tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 12 , Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money-changers' tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
21:13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 13 , He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"
21:14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 14 , The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 15 , But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,
21:16 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 16 , and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"
21:17 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 17 , He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
21:18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 18 , Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
21:19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 19 , Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.
21:20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 20 , When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"
21:21 Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 21 , Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
21:22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 22 , All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
21:23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 23 , When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
21:24 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 24 , Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
21:25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 25 , The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
21:26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 26 , But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
21:27 They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 27 , They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
21:28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 28 , But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'
21:29 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 29 , He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
21:30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 30 , He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.
21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 31 , Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 32 , For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
21:33 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 33 , "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
21:34 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 34 , When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.
21:35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 35 , The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 36 , Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
21:37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 37 , But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
21:38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 38 , But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
21:39 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 39 , So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
21:40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 40 , When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"
21:41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 41 , They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."
21:42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 42 , Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'
21:43 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruits.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 43 , "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruits.
21:44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 44 , He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."
21:45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 45 , When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
21:46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
The WEB Book of Matthew , Chapter 21 , Verse 46 , When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
