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Matthew 21

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When they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
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saying to them, โ€œGo 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.
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If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, โ€˜The Lord needs them,โ€™ and immediately he will send them.โ€
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All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
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โ€œTell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.โ€
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The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
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and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
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A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
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The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, โ€œHosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!โ€
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When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, โ€œWho is this?โ€
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The multitudes said, โ€œThis is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.โ€
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Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changersโ€™ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
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He said to them, โ€œIt is written, โ€˜My house shall be called a house of prayer,โ€™ but you have made it a den of robbers!โ€
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The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
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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, โ€œHosanna to the son of David!โ€ they were indignant,
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and said to him, โ€œDo you hear what these are saying?โ€ Jesus said to them, โ€œYes. Did you never read, โ€˜Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?โ€™โ€
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He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
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Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
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Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, โ€œLet there be no fruit from you forever!โ€ Immediately the fig tree withered away.
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When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, โ€œHow did the fig tree immediately wither away?โ€
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Jesus answered them, โ€œMost certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and donโ€™t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, โ€˜Be taken up and cast into the sea,โ€™ it would be done.
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All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.โ€
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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, โ€œBy what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?โ€
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Jesus answered them, โ€œI also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?โ€ They reasoned with themselves, saying, โ€œIf we say, โ€˜From heaven,โ€™ he will ask us, โ€˜Why then did you not believe him?โ€™
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But if we say, โ€˜From men,โ€™ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.โ€
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They answered Jesus, and said, โ€œWe donโ€™t know.โ€ He also said to them, โ€œNeither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, โ€˜Son, go work today in my vineyard.โ€™
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He answered, โ€˜I will not,โ€™ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
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He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, โ€˜Iโ€™ m going, sir,โ€™ but he didnโ€™t go.
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Which of the two did the will of his father?โ€ They said to him, โ€œThe first.โ€ Jesus said to them, โ€œMost certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into Godโ€™s Kingdom before you.
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For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didnโ€™t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didnโ€™t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
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โ€œHear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
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When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.
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The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
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But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, โ€˜They will respect my son.โ€™
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But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, โ€˜This is the heir. Come, letโ€™s kill him, and seize his inheritance.โ€™
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So they took him, and threw 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?โ€
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They told him, โ€œHe will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season.โ€
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Jesus said to them, โ€œDid you never read in the Scriptures, โ€˜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?โ€™
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โ€œTherefore I tell you, Godโ€™s Kingdom will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
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He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.โ€
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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
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When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
Translation: WEB

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