2 told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.ISV — Matthew 21:2

3 If anyone says anything to you, tell him, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and that person will send them at once.”ISV — Matthew 21:3

4 Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said,ISV — Matthew 21:4

5 “Tell the daughter ^{a21:5 i.e. people} of Zion, ‘Look, your king is coming to you! ^{b21:5 Cf. Isa 62:11} He is humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt of a donkey.’” ^{c21:5 Cf. Zech 9:9}ISV — Matthew 21:5

6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.ISV — Matthew 21:6

7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put their coats on them, and he sat upon them.ISV — Matthew 21:7

8 Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.ISV — Matthew 21:8

9 Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, “Hosanna ^{d21:9 Hosanna is Heb. for Please save or Praise.} to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! ^{e21:9 MT source citation reads LORD} Hosanna in the highest heaven!” ^{f21:9 Cf. Ps 118:25-26; Ps 148:1}ISV — Matthew 21:9

10 When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The people ^{g21:10 Lit. They} were asking, “Who is this?”ISV — Matthew 21:10

11 The crowds kept saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, the man from Nazareth in Galilee.” ( ; ; )ISV — Matthew 21:11

12 Then Jesus went into the Temple, ^{h21:12 Other mss. read temple of God} threw out everyone who was selling and buying in the Temple, and overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.ISV — Matthew 21:12

13 He told them, “It is written, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer,’ ^{i21:13 Cf. Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11} but you are turning it into a hideout ^{j21:13 Lit. cave} for bandits!”ISV — Matthew 21:13

14 Blind and lame people came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.ISV — Matthew 21:14

15 But when the high priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he had done and the children shouting in the Temple, “Hosanna ^{k21:15 Hosanna is Heb. for Please save or Praise.} to the Son of David,” they became furiousISV — Matthew 21:15

16 and asked him, “Do you hear what these people are saying?” Jesus told them, “Yes! Haven’t you ever read, ‘From the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have created praise’?” ^{l21:16 Cf. Ps 8:2}ISV — Matthew 21:16

17 Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there. ( , 20-24)ISV — Matthew 21:17

18 In the morning, as Jesus ^{m21:18 Lit. he} was returning to the city, he became hungry.ISV — Matthew 21:18

19 Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, “May fruit never come from you again!” And immediately the fig tree dried up.ISV — Matthew 21:19

20 When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?” they asked.ISV — Matthew 21:20

21 Jesus answered them, “I tell all of you ^{n21:21 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.} with certainty, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you be able to do what has been done to the fig tree, but you will also say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen.ISV — Matthew 21:21

22 You will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe.” ( ; )ISV — Matthew 21:22

23 Then Jesus ^{o21:23 Lit. he} went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”ISV — Matthew 21:23

24 Jesus answered them, “I, too, will ask you one question. ^{p21:24 Lit. one word} If you answer it for me, I will also tell you by what authority I am doing these things.ISV — Matthew 21:24

25 Where did John’s authority to baptize ^{q21:25 Lit. John’s baptism} come from? From heaven or from humans?” They began discussing this among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ISV — Matthew 21:25

26 But if we say, ‘From humans,’ we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet.”ISV — Matthew 21:26

27 So they told Jesus, “We don’t know.” He in turn told them, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”ISV — Matthew 21:27

28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ISV — Matthew 21:28

29 His son ^{r21:29 Lit. He} replied, ‘I don’t want to,’ but later he changed his mind and went.ISV — Matthew 21:29

30 Then the father ^{s21:30 Lit. he} went to the other son ^{t21:30 The Gk. lacks son} and told him the same thing. He replied, ‘I will, ^{u21:30 The Gk. lacks will} sir,’ but he didn’t go.ISV — Matthew 21:30

31 Which of the two did the father’s will?” They answered, “The first one.” Jesus told them, “I tell all of you ^{v21:31 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.} with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God’s kingdom ahead of you!ISV — Matthew 21:31

32 John came to you living a righteous life, ^{w21:32 Lit. you in the way of righteousness} and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn’t change your minds ^{x21:32 Or didn’t repent} at last and believe him.” ( ; )ISV — Matthew 21:32

33 “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.ISV — Matthew 21:33

34 When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce.ISV — Matthew 21:34

35 But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.ISV — Matthew 21:35

36 Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers ^{y21:36 Lit. they} treated them the same way.ISV — Matthew 21:36

37 Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ISV — Matthew 21:37

38 But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’ISV — Matthew 21:38

39 So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.ISV — Matthew 21:39

40 Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?”ISV — Matthew 21:40

41 They told him, “He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time.”ISV — Matthew 21:41

42 Jesus asked them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ^{z21:42 Or capstone} This was the Lord’s ^{aa21:42 MT source citation reads LORD’s} doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.’? ^{bb21:42 Cf. Ps 118:22-23}ISV — Matthew 21:42

43 That is why I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce fruit for it.ISV — Matthew 21:43

44 The person who falls over this stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush anyone on whom it falls.” ^{cc21:44 Other mss. lack this verse}ISV — Matthew 21:44

45 When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them.ISV — Matthew 21:45

46 Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus ^{dd21:46 Lit. him} to be a prophet.ISV — Matthew 21:46

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