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1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go into the village across from you, and immediately you shall find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to Me. 3 And if any man says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them." 4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your King comes to you, meek, and sitting on a donkey, and a colt, the foal of a donkey.'" 6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and put their clothes on them, and they sat Him on them. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments on the road. Others cut down branches from the trees and scattered them on the road. 9 And the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!" 10 And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, "Who is this?" 11 And the multitude said, "This is Jesus the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee." 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves, 13 and said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called the house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of thieves." 14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 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 greatly displeased 16 and said to Him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing children You have perfected praise'?" 17 And He left them and went out of the city into Bethany, and He lodged there. 18 Now in the morning as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19 And when He saw a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves only, and said to it, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again." And presently the fig tree withered away. 20 And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How soon the fig tree has withered away!" 21 Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it shall be done. 22 And all things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive." 23 And when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching and said, "By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?" 24 And Jesus answered and said to them, "I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things: 25 The baptism of John—from where did it come? From heaven or from men?" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the people, for all hold John as a prophet." 27 And they answered Jesus and said, "We cannot tell." And He said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 "But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.' 29 He answered and said, 'I will not,' but afterward he repented and went. 30 And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, 'I will go, sir,' and did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And you, when you saw it, did not repent afterward that you might believe him. 33 "Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and leased it out to farmers, and went into a far country. 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, that they might receive its fruits. 35 And the farmers took his servants and beat one and killed another and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. 37 But last of all he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will reverence my son.' 38 But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us seize his inheritance.' 39 And they caught him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him. 40 "Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?" 41 They said to Him, "He will miserably destroy those wicked men and will lease his vineyard to other farmers who shall render him the fruits in their seasons." 42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the scriptures: 'The stone that the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? 43 Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth its fruits. 44 And whoever falls on this stone shall be broken. But on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder." 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitude, because they took Him for a prophet.