Matthew 21
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And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

the daughter.

Psalm 9:14 That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter …

Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy …

Isaiah 40:9 O Zion, that bring good tidings, get you up into the high mountain; …

Isaiah 62:11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say you …

Zephaniah 3:14,15 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with …

Mark 11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without …

thy King.

Matthew 2:2,6 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen …

Genesis 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between …

Numbers 24:19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy …

Psalm 2:6-12 Yet have I set my king on my holy hill of Zion…

Psalm 45:1 My heart is gushing a good matter: I speak of the things which I …

Psalm 72:1 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

Psalm 110:1-4 The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you at my right hand, until I make …

Isaiah 9:6,7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government …

Jeremiah 23:5,6 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David …

Ezekiel 34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among …

Ezekiel 37:24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall …

Daniel 2:44,45 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, …

Daniel 7:13,14 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man …

Micah 5:2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands …

Zechariah 6:12,13 And speak to him, saying, Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, …

John 1:49 Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; …

John 19:15-22 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate …

meek.

Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in …

Matthew 12:19,20 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice …

2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, …

Philippians 2:3-5 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness …

sitting.

Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people …

Judges 5:10 Speak, you that ride on white donkeys, you that sit in judgment, …

Judges 12:14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on three score …

2 Samuel 16:2 And the king said to Ziba, What mean you by these? And Ziba said, …

1 Kings 1:33 The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, …

1 Kings 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a …

Hosea 1:7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by …

Micah 5:10,11 And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD, that I will …

Zechariah 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, …

And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

did.

Matthew 7:21 Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom …

Matthew 12:50 For whoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the …

Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them, As I live, said the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in …

Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels …

Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all …

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; …

The first.

2 Samuel 12:5-7 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said …

Job 15:6 Your own mouth comdemns you, and not I: yes, your own lips testify against you.

Luke 7:40-42 And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to …

Luke 19:22 And he said to him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked …

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them …

Verily.

Matthew 5:18 For truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one stroke or …

Matthew 6:5 And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are…

Matthew 18:3 And said, Truly I say to you, Except you be converted, and become …

the publicans.

Matthew 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, …

Matthew 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, …

Luke 7:29,37-50 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, …

Luke 15:1,2 Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him…

Luke 19:9,10 And Jesus said to him, This day is salvation come to this house, …

Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where …

Romans 9:30-33 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after …

1 Timothy 1:13-16 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but …

For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

came.

Matthew 3:1-8 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea…

Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called …

Jeremiah 6:16 Thus said the LORD, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the …

Luke 3:8-13 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not …

2 Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, …

and ye believed.

Matthew 21:25 The baptism of John, from where was it? from heaven, or of men? And …

Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil.

Luke 7:29,30 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, …

John 5:33-36 You sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth…

Acts 13:25-29 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think you that I …

the publicans.

Luke 7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew …

repented.

Psalm 81:11,12 But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel would none of me…

Zechariah 7:11,12 But they refused to listen, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped …

John 5:37-40 And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. …

2 Timothy 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure …

Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of …

Hebrews 6:6-8 If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing …

Revelation 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Hear. In this parable, in its primary sense, the householder denotes the Supreme Being; the family, the Jewish nation; the vineyard, Jerusalem; the fence, the Divine protection; the wine-press, the law and sacrificial rites; the tower, the temple; and the husbandmen, the priests and doctors of the law.

Matthew 13:18 Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.

1 Kings 22:19 And he said, Hear you therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD …

Isaiah 1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law …

Jeremiah 19:3 And say, Hear you the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants …

Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has …

There.

Psalm 80:8-16 You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, …

Songs 8:11,12 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers…

Isaiah 5:1-4 Now will I sing to my well beloved a song of my beloved touching …

Jeremiah 2:21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then …

Mark 12:1 And he began to speak to them by parables. A certain man planted …

Luke 20:9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man …

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

husbandmen.

Matthew 23:2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

Deuteronomy 1:15-17 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made …

Deuteronomy 16:18 Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the …

Deuteronomy 17:9-12 And you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that …

Deuteronomy 33:8-10 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your …

Malachi 2:4-9 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that …

went.

Matthew 25:14,15 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, …

Mark 13:34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his …

Luke 19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to …

And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

they say. Our Lord here causes them to pass that sentence of destruction upon themselves which was literally executed about forty years afterwards by the Roman armies.

He will.

Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, …

Matthew 22:6,7 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, …

Matthew 23:35-38 That on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth…

Matthew 24:21,22 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning …

Leviticus 26:14 But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments;

Deuteronomy 28:59-68 Then the LORD will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of …

Psalm 2:4,5,9 He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision…

Isaiah 5:5-7 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will …

Daniel 9:26 And after three score and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but …

Zechariah 11:8-10 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed …

Zechariah 12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house …

Zechariah 13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, said the LORD, two …

Zechariah 14:2,3 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the …

Malachi 4:1-6 For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the …

Luke 17:32-37 Remember Lot's wife…

Luke 19:41-44 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it…

Luke 21:22-24 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written …

1 Thessalonians 2:16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, …

Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the …

Hebrews 12:25 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not …

and will let out.

Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, …

Matthew 8:11 And I say to you, That many shall come from the east and west, and …

Isaiah 49:5-7 And now, said the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, …

Isaiah 65:15 And you shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen: for the Lord …

Isaiah 66:19-21 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape …

Luke 13:28,29 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see …

Luke 14:23,24 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, …

Luke 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away …

Acts 13:46-48 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that …

Acts 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said to …

Acts 18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, …

Acts 28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever …

Romans 9:1-11:36 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing …

Romans 15:9-18 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, …

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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