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And when they were near Jerusalem, and were come to◦ Bethphage unto the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent◦ two disciples,
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saying to them, Go ye into the village opposite you, and straightway you shall find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; when you have loosed them, bring◦ them to Me.
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And if anyone say◦ anything to··you, you shall say▵ that the Lord has need of them; and◦ straightway he will send◦ them.
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And◦ all◦ this was··done◦ that◦ it might be fulfilled which was declared through the prophet, saying,
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Say◦ ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold◦, thy King comes to thee, meek, and mounted upon a donkey, and a colt the son of her··that··is··used··to··the··yoke.1
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And◦ the disciples went, and did as Jesus directed them.
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They brought◦ the donkey and the colt, and laid· their garments ·on them, and they had· Him ·sit··on them.
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And◦ a crowd of very··many spread their··own◦ garments in the way; and◦ others cut branches from the trees and spread them in the way.
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And◦ the crowds that went··before, and they who followed, cried··out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.2
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And when He was come··into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken◦, saying, Who◦ is this?
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And◦ the crowd said, This is Jesus, the Prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.
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And Jesus came··into the temple of God, and cast··out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves;
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and says to them, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but◦ you have made it a cave of robbers.3
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And there came··to Him the blind and the lame in the temple; and He cured them.
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But◦ the chief··priests and the scribes, seeing◦ the marvelous things which He did, and the boys crying··out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, were··indignant,
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and said◦ to Him, Hearest Thou what◦ these say? But◦ Jesus says to them, Yes; have you never read, that out··of the mouths of infants and sucklings thou hast perfected◦ praise?4
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And leaving◦ them, He went··out▵ of▫ the city to◦ Bethany, and stayed there.
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And◦ in the morning, as He went··up◦ into the city, He hungered.
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And seeing◦ one◦ fig··tree on the way, He came up··to◦ it, and found nothing on▵ it except leaves only, and says to it, No··more◦ shall there be◦ fruit from◦ thee to◦ eternity; and immediately the fig··tree dried··up.
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And the disciples, seeing◦, marveled, saying, How immediately has the fig··tree dried··up!
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And◦ Jesus answering said◦ to them, Amen I say to you, If you have faith, and doubt not◦, you shall not only do this which is done to the fig··tree, but should you just◦ say◦ unto this mountain, Be thou taken··up, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall come··to··pass.
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And all things whatever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.
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And coming into the temple, the chief··priests and elders of the people came··to Him as He was teaching, saying, By◦ what▵ authority doest Thou these··things? And who◦ gave Thee this authority?
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And◦ Jesus answering said◦ to them, I··also will ask◦ you one thing, which if you tell Me, I··also will tell◦ you by◦ what▵ authority I do these··things.
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The baptism of John, whence was it? From◦ heaven, or from◦ men? And◦ they reasoned among◦ themselves, saying, If we shall say◦, From◦ heaven, He will say▵ to us, Why◦ did you not then◦ believe him?
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But◦ if we shall say◦, From◦ men, we fear the crowd, for◦ all hold◦ John as a prophet.
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And answering Jesus, they said◦, We do not know◦. And He declared◦ unto them, Neither do I◦ say to you by◦ what▵ authority I do these··things.
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But◦ what◦ do you think? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said◦, Child, go◦, work today in my vineyard.
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And◦ he answering, said◦, I am not willing; but◦ afterwards, being··remorseful, he went▵.
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And coming to the second, he said◦ likewise◦; and◦ he answering said◦, I◦ go, lord; and went▵ not.
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Which◦ of◦ the two did the will of the father? They say to Him, The first. Jesus says to them, Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go··before you into the kingdom of God.
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For◦ John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him; but◦ the publicans and the harlots believed him; and◦ seeing◦ it you were· not ·remorseful afterwards, that you might believe him.
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Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a householder, who◦ planted a vineyard, and put· a hedge ·around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let· it ·out to farmers, and went··abroad.
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And◦ when the time of the fruits was··near, he sent◦ his servants to the farmers, to receive the fruits of it.
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And the farmers, taking his servants, beat one, and◦ killed one, and◦ stoned one.
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Again, he sent··out other servants, more than the first; and they did unto them likewise◦.
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And◦ last··of··all he sent◦ to them his son, saying, They will have··respect··for my son.
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But◦ the farmers, seeing◦ the son, said◦ in themselves, This is the heir; come▵, let us kill him, and have his inheritance.
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And taking him, they cast· him ·out of▫ the vineyard, and killed him.
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When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what◦ will he do to those▵ farmers?
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They say to Him, He will destroy those evil ones with··evil, and will let··out the vineyard to other farmers, who◦ will render him the fruits in their times.
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Jesus says to them, Have you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, this has been made◦ into the head of the corner; this was made◦ by the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes?5
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Therefore I say to··you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth its fruits .
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And whoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken◦; but◦ on whomever◦ it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
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And when the chief··priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that He spoke◦ of them.
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And when they sought to take··hold of Him, they feared the crowds, since they held6 Him as a prophet.
1Zechariah 9:9
2Psalm 118:25, 26
3Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11
4Psalm 8:2
5Psalm 118:22, 23
6literally, “had”
