Matthew 21:1-20 ▼

1 Now whan they drew nye vnto Ierusalem, and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuete, Iesus sent two of his disciples,

2 and sayde vnto them: Go in to the towne that lyeth before you, & anone ye shal fynde an Asse bounde, and hir foale with her: lowse them, and brynge the vnto me.

3 And yf eny man saye ought vnto you, saye ye: the LORDE hath nede of the, And straight waye he wil let them go.

4 But all this was done, that the thinge might be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophet, sayenge:

5 Tell the doughter of Sion: beholde, thy kynge commeth vnto ye meke, syttinge vpon an Asse and a foale of ye Asse vsed to the yocke.

6 The disciples wente, and dyd as Iesus commaunded them,

7 and brought the Asse and the foale, & layed their clothes vpon them, and set him theron.

8 But many of the people spred their garmentes in the waye: other cut downe braunches from the trees, and strawed them in the waye.

9 As for the people that wente before and that came after, they cryed and sayde: Hosianna vnto the sonne of Dauid, Blessed be he that commeth in the name of the LORDE, Hosianna in the height.

10 And whan he was come in to Ierusalem, all the cite was moued, and sayde: Who is this?

11 And the people sayde: This is Iesus ye prophet of Nazareth out of Galile.

12 And Iesus wente in to the teple of God, and cast out all them that bought and solde in the teple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money chaungers, and the seates of them that solde doues,

13 and sayde vnto them: It is wrytte: My house shalbe called ye house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers.

14 The blynde also and ye lame came vnto him in the temple, and he healed them.

15 But whan the hye prestes and the scrybes sawe the wonders that he dyd, and the children crienge in the temple and sayenge: Hosianna vnto the sonne of Dauid, they disdayned,

16 and sayde vnto him: Hearest thou what these saye? Iesus sayde vnto them: Yee. Haue ye neuer red: Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast ordeyned prayse?

17 And he left them there, and wente out of the cite vnto Bethania, and there abode ouer night.

18 But in the mornynge as he returned in to the cite, he hugred.

19 And in the waye he sawe a fygge tre, and came vnto it, and founde nothinge theron, but leaues onely, and sayde vnto it: Neuer frute growe on the from hence forth. And immediatly the fygge tre wythred awaye.

20 And whan his disciples sawe that, they marueyled, and sayde. How is ye fygge tre wythred awaye so soone?