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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 21 Anderson's New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Anderson</a> > Matthew 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/20.htm" title="Matthew 20">◄</a> Matthew 21 <a href="../matthew/22.htm" title="Matthew 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Anderson's New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/matthew/21-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Triumphal Entry<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/11.htm">Mark 11:1–11</a>; <a href ="../luke/19.htm#28">Luke 19:28–40</a>; <a href ="../john/12.htm#12">John 12:12–19</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>saying to them: Go into the village opposite to you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And if any one say any thing to you, you shall reply: The Lord has need of them: and he will immediately send them. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>All this was done, that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.<CM><p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them; <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and brought the ass and the colt, and put their mantles on them, and caused him to sit upon them. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And a very great multitude spread their mantles in the road: and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the road.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the multitudes that went before, and that followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.<CM><p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was moved, and said: Who is this? <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the multitude said: This is Jesus the prophet, that is from Nazareth of Galilee.<CM><p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Cleanses the Temple<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/11.htm#15">Mark 11:15–19</a>; <a href ="../luke/19.htm#45">Luke 19:45–48</a>; <a href ="../john/2.htm#12">John 2:12–25</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and said to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, their anger was aroused, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and they said to him: Do you not hear what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and there spent the night.<CM><p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Barren Fig Tree<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/11.htm#12">Mark 11:12–14</a>; <a href ="../mark/11.htm#20">Mark 11:20–25</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now in the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was hungry: <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and seeing a fig-tree on the road, he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves; and he said to it: Let no fruit grow on you henceforth forever. And the fig-tree immediately withered.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And when the disciples saw it, they were astonished, and said: How soon has the fig-tree withered! <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to them: Verily I say to you, If you have faith, and doubt not, you shall do, not only what is done to the fig-tree, but even if you shall say to this mountain, Be taken up, and be thrown into the sea, it shall be done. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And all things that you ask for in prayer, believing, you shall receive.<CM><p> <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus’ Authority Challenged<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/11.htm#27">Mark 11:27–33</a>; <a href ="../luke/20.htm">Luke 20:1–8</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And after he had come into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority do you these things? And who gave you this authority? <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to them: I also will ask you one thing, which if you will tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The immersion of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? But they reasoned among themselves, and said, If we reply, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him? <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But if we reply, From men, we fear the multitude; for all regard John as a prophet. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And they answered and said to Jesus: We know not. And he said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.<CM><p> <A name="29"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Two Sons<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But what think you? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He answered and said, I will not. But he afterward regretted it, and went. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And he came to the other, and spoke to him in like manner. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not. But the publicans and the harlots believed him. And you, when you had seen it, after ward felt no regret, that you might believe him.<CM><p> <A name="34"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Wicked Tenants<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/12.htm">Mark 12:1–12</a>; <a href ="../luke/20.htm#9">Luke 20:9–18</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Hear another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and rigged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went into another country. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive the fruits of it. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And the vine-dressers took his servants, and scourged one, and killed another, and stoned another. <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Again he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them in like manner. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and seize upon the inheritance. <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And they took him, and carried him out of the vineyard, and killed him. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine dressers? <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>They said to him: He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and let out his vineyard to other vine dressers, who will give him the fruits in their season.<CM><p> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Jesus said to them: Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner?<p> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>This was from the Lord, and it is wondrous in our eyes. For this reason, I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation that will bring forth the fruits of it. <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>And he that falls upon this stone shall be dashed to pieces; but him on whom it shall fall, it will make like chaff for the wind.<CM><p> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/21-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>And when they sought to lay hold of him, they feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Anderson's New Testament (1865)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>