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There Jesus sent two of the disciples on ahead </span><span class="v40_21_2"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.2" class="v40_21_2">2</span>with these instructions: “Go to the village there ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied up with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to me. </span><span class="v40_21_3"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.3" class="v40_21_3">3</span>And if anyone says anything, tell him, ‘The Master<a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> needs them’; and then he will let them go at once.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_4"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.4" class="v40_21_4">4</span>This happened in order to make come true what the prophet had said:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v40_21_5"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.5" class="v40_21_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Tell the city of Zion,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v40_21_5">Look, your king is coming to you!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v40_21_5">He is humble and rides on a donkey</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v40_21_5">and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_6"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.6" class="v40_21_6">6</span>So the disciples went and did what Jesus had told them to do: </span><span class="v40_21_7"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.7" class="v40_21_7">7</span>they brought the donkey and the colt, threw their cloaks over them, and Jesus got on. </span><span class="v40_21_8"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.8" class="v40_21_8">8</span>A large crowd of people spread their cloaks on the road while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. </span><span class="v40_21_9"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.9" class="v40_21_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The crowds walking in front of Jesus and those walking behind began to shout, “Praise to David's Son! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise be to God!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_10"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.10" class="v40_21_10">10</span>When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into an uproar. “Who is he?” the people asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_11"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.11" class="v40_21_11">11</span>“This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee,” the crowds answered.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Goes to the Temple</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 11:15-19">Mark 11.15-19</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 19:45-48">Luke 19.45-48</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 2:13-22">John 2.13-22</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_12"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.12" class="v40_21_12">12</span>Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the stools of those who sold pigeons, </span><span class="v40_21_13"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.13" class="v40_21_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and said to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_14"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.14" class="v40_21_14">14</span>The blind and the crippled came to him in the Temple, and he healed them. </span><span class="v40_21_15"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.15" class="v40_21_15">15</span>The chief priests and the teachers of the Law became angry when they saw the wonderful things he was doing and the children shouting in the Temple, “Praise to David's Son!” </span><span class="v40_21_16"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.16" class="v40_21_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> So they asked Jesus, “Do you hear what they are saying?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_16">“Indeed I do,” answered Jesus. “Haven't you ever read this scripture? ‘You have trained children and babies to offer perfect praise.’”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_17"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.17" class="v40_21_17">17</span>Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Curses the Fig Tree</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 11:12-14">Mark 11.12-14</ref>,<ref loc="MRK 11:20-24">20-24</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_18"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.18" class="v40_21_18">18</span>On his way back to the city early next morning, Jesus was hungry. </span><span class="v40_21_19"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.19" class="v40_21_19">19</span>He saw a fig tree by the side of the road and went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. So he said to the tree, “You will never again bear fruit!” At once the fig tree dried up.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_20"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.20" class="v40_21_20">20</span>The disciples saw this and were astounded. “How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?” they asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_21"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.21" class="v40_21_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Jesus answered, “I assure you that if you believe and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I have done to this fig tree. And not only this, but you will even be able to say to this hill, ‘Get up and throw yourself in the sea,’ and it will. </span><span class="v40_21_22"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.22" class="v40_21_22">22</span>If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Question about Jesus' Authority</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 11:27-33">Mark 11.27-33</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 20:1-8">Luke 20.1-8</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_23"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.23" class="v40_21_23">23</span>Jesus came back to the Temple; and as he taught, the chief priests and the elders came to him and asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_24"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.24" class="v40_21_24">24</span>Jesus answered them, “I will ask you just one question, and if you give me an answer, I will tell you what right I have to do these things. </span><span class="v40_21_25"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.25" class="v40_21_25">25</span>Where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_25">They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we answer, ‘From God,’ he will say to us, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’ </span><span class="v40_21_26"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.26" class="v40_21_26">26</span>But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ we are afraid of what the people might do, because they are all convinced that John was a prophet.” </span><span class="v40_21_27"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.27" class="v40_21_27">27</span>So they answered Jesus, “We don't know.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_27">And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Parable of the Two Sons</h3><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_28"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.28" class="v40_21_28">28</span>“Now, what do you think? There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the older one and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ </span><span class="v40_21_29"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.29" class="v40_21_29">29</span>‘I don't want to,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. </span><span class="v40_21_30"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.30" class="v40_21_30">30</span>Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. ‘Yes, sir,’ he answered, but he did not go. </span><span class="v40_21_31"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.31" class="v40_21_31">31</span>Which one of the two did what his father wanted?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_31">“The older one,” they answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_31">So Jesus said to them, “I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you. </span><span class="v40_21_32"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.32" class="v40_21_32">32</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.32!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 12:1-12">Mark 12.1-12</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 20:9-19">Luke 20.9-19</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_33"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.33" class="v40_21_33">33</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.33!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Listen to another parable,” Jesus said. “There was once a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenants and left home on a trip. </span><span class="v40_21_34"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.34" class="v40_21_34">34</span>When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent his slaves to the tenants to receive his share of the harvest. </span><span class="v40_21_35"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.35" class="v40_21_35">35</span>The tenants grabbed his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. </span><span class="v40_21_36"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.36" class="v40_21_36">36</span>Again the man sent other slaves, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. </span><span class="v40_21_37"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.37" class="v40_21_37">37</span>Last of all he sent his son to them. ‘Surely they will respect my son,’ he said. </span><span class="v40_21_38"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.38" class="v40_21_38">38</span>But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and we will get his property!’ </span><span class="v40_21_39"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.39" class="v40_21_39">39</span>So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_40"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.40" class="v40_21_40">40</span>“Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” Jesus asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_41"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.41" class="v40_21_41">41</span>“He will certainly kill those evil men,” they answered, “and rent the vineyard out to other tenants, who will give him his share of the harvest at the right time.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_42"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.42" class="v40_21_42">42</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.42!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Jesus said to them, “Haven't you ever read what the Scriptures say?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v40_21_42">‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v40_21_42">turned out to be the most important of all.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v40_21_42">This was done by the Lord;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v40_21_42">what a wonderful sight it is!’</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_43"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.43" class="v40_21_43">43</span>“And so I tell you,” added Jesus, “the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the proper fruits.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.21.43!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_21_45"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.45" class="v40_21_45">45</span>The chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables and knew that he was talking about them, </span><span class="v40_21_46"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.21.46" class="v40_21_46">46</span>so they tried to arrest him. But they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">21.3: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">The Master; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Their owner.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">21.43: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts add verse 44: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Whoever falls on this stone will be cut to pieces; and if the stone falls on someone, it will crush him to dust </char><char style="ft" closed="false">(see Lk 20.18).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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