1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying to them, “Go into the village before you, and right away you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her. Untie
3 And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, ‘The Lord
4 Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,
5 “Say to the daughter of Zion,
6 So the disciples went
8 And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading
9 And the crowds who went ahead of him and the ones who followed were shouting, saying,
10 And
11 And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee!”
12 And Jesus entered the temple
13 And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’
14 And the blind and the lame came up to him in the temple
15 But
16 And they said to him, “Do you hear what these
17 And leaving them, he went outside of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
18 Now early in the morning,
19 And seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And he said to it, “May there be no more fruit from you
20 And
21 And Jesus answered
22 And whatever you ask in prayer,
23 And
24 And Jesus answered
25 From where was the baptism of John—from heaven or from men?” And they began to discuss
26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the crowd, because they all look upon John as a prophet.”
27 And they answered
28 “Now what do you think? A man had two sons. And
29 And he answered
30 And
31 Which of the two did the will of
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did believe him. And
33 “Listen to another parable: There was a man—a master of a house—who planted a vineyard, and put a fence
34 And when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit.
35 And the tenant farmers seized his slaves,
36 Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first
37 So finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 But
39 And they seized him
40 Now when the master of the vineyard arrives, what will he do to those tenant farmers?”
41 They said to him, “He will destroy those evil
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures,
43 For this
44 And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and
45 And
46 and