4Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion,
5behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, even a colt the fole of an ass.
6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus ordered them,
7and brought the ass and the colt, and threw their clothes over them, and set Him upon them.
8And great numbers spread their garments in the way, and others cut off boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way:
9and the multitudes, that went before and that followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed be He that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10And when He came into Jerusalem, all the city was in a commotion, saying, Who is this?
11And the people answered, This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
(Mark 11:15–19; Luke 19:45–48; John 2:12–25)
12And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all that were selling and buying in the court of the temple, and threw down the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves:
13and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of thieves.
14And there came to Him in the temple both blind and lame, and He healed them:
15but when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonders that He wrought, and the children crying out in the temple, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were vexed to the heart, and said to Him, Dost thou hear what these say?
16And Jesus saith unto them, Yes, have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast procured praise?
17And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
The Barren Fig Tree
(Mark 11:12–14; Mark 11:20–25)
18Now in the morning as He was returning to the city, He was hungry;
19and seeing a fig-tree by the way, He went up to it, and finding nothing upon it but leaves, He saith to it, Let no fruit ever hereafter grow out of thee: and the fig-tree withered immediately.
20And the disciples seeing it were amazed and said, How suddenly is the fig-tree withered!
21but Jesus answering said unto them, Verily I tell you, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only be able to do this to a fig-tree, but also if ye shall say to this mountain, "Be thou removed and cast into the sea," it shall be done.
22And all things whatsoever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Jesus’ Authority Challenged
(Mark 11:27–33; Luke 20:1–8)
23And when He was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, By what authority dost thou these things, and who gave thee this authority?
24but Jesus answered them, I also will ask you one question, which if ye tell me, I will likewise tell you by what authority I do these things.
25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves saying, If we say, from heaven, He will reply, Why then did ye not believe him?
26But if we say, of men, we fear the people, for they all esteem John as a prophet.
27And therefore in answer to Jesus, they said, We do not know: and He said unto them, Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28But what think ye of this? There was a man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go, work to day in my vineyard:
29and he answered I will not; but afterwards repenting, he went.
30And coming to the second, he spake in like manner: and he answered, Yes, Sir; and went not.
31Now which of the two did the will of his father? They say unto Him, The first. Jesus replied, Verily I say unto you, that publicans and prostitutes enter into the kingdom of God before you:
32for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but publicans and harlots believed him; and though ye saw that, ye did not repent afterwards, to believe him.
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
(Mark 12:1–12; Luke 20:9–18)
33Hear another parable, There was a certain man, a master of a family, that planted a vineyard, and made a fence about it, and put a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and travelled abroad.
34And when the fruit-season drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it:
35and the husbandmen took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36And he sent again other servants more than the first: and they did the like to them.
37At last he sent unto them his Son, saying, They will reverence my Son.
38But when the husbandmen saw the Son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and seize on his inheritance:
39so they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him.
40When therefore the lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen?
41They answer, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.
42Then saith Jesus to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, "The stone which the builders refused, is made the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?"
43Therefore I tell you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation, that will bring forth the fruits thereof.
44And he that stumbleth at this stone shall be bruised, but on whomsoever it falls, it will crush him to pieces.
45And when the chief priests and pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that He spake of them:
46and would have seized Him, but that they were afraid of the people; because they took Him for a prophet.
