1 When they drew near to Jerusalem and came toBethsphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples ahead,
2 telling them,
4 Nowall this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
6 So the disciples went and did just as Jesus had directed them.
7 They brought the donkey and the colt and laid on them their garments, andJesus sat on them.
8 A very large crowd spread their garments on the road, and others cut down branches from the trees and also spread them on the road.
9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed were crying out,
10 As he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 So the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, who is from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Then Jesus entered thecourts of God's temple and drove out all who were selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
13 And he said to them,
14 Then thelame and the blind came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying out in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant
16 and said to him, “Do yoʋ hear what these children are saying?” Jesus said to them,
17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, he was hungry.
19 Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. Then he said to it,And at once the fig tree withered.
20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”
21 Jesus answered them,
23 When he entered the temple courts, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are yoʋ doing these things? And who gave yoʋ this authority?”
24 Jesus answered them,
25 So they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
26 But we are afraid of what the crowd might do if we say, ‘From men,’ for everyone regards John as a prophet.”
27 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” Then he said to them,
31 They saidto him, “Thefirst.” Jesus said to them,
41 They said to him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 Jesus said to them,
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was speaking about them.
46 Although they were looking for a way to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.