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Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes: and straightway they received their sight, and followed him. And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then Jesus 2 sent two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village that is over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring 3 them unto me. And if any one say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he 4 will send them. Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken 1 by the prophet, saying,

5

Tell ye the daughter of
Zion,

Behold, thy King cometh

unto thee,

Meek, and riding upon an

ass,

And upon a colt the foal of

an ass.

6 And the disciples went, and did even as Jesus appointed 7 them, and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their garments; and he sat 8 thereon. And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the

9 way.

And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in

1 Or, through single

the name of the Lord;. Hosanna in the highest. And 10 when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this? And 11 the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

And Jesus entered into the 12 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 the doves; and he saith unto them, It is 13 written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers. And the blind and the lame 14 came to him in the temple: and he healed them. But 13 when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation, and said unto him, 16 Hearest thou what these are saying? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea: did ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? And he 17 left them, and went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

Now in the morning as he 18 returned to the city, he hungered. And seeing 3a fig 19 tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only;

2 Many ancient authorities omit of God.

3 Or, a

and he saith unto it, Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree 20 withered away. And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How did the fig tree immediately 21 wither away? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done. 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

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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 24 this authority? And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one 1question, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why then did ye not believe him? 26 But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also 1 Gr. word. 2 Gr. Child. of it

said unto them, Neither tell I
you by what authority I do
these things. But what think 28
ye? A man had two sons;
and he came to the first, and
said, 2Son, go work to-day in
the vineyard. And he an- 29
swered and said, I will not:
but afterward he repented
himself, and went. And he 30
came to the second, and said
likewise. And he answered
and said, I go, sir: and went
not. Whether of the twain 31
did the will of his father?
They say, 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.
For John came unto you in 32
the way of righteousness, and
ye believed him not: but the
publicans and the harlots
believed him: and ye, when
ye saw it, did not even repent
yourselves afterward, that ye
might believe him.

Hear another parable: 33
There was a man that was a
householder, which planted a
vineyard, and set a hedge
about it, and digged a wine-
press in it, and built a tower,
and let it out to husband-
men, and went into another
country. And when the sea- 34
son of the fruits drew near,
he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, to receive his
fruits. And the husbandmen 35
took his servants, and beat
one, and killed another, and
stoned another. Again, he 36
sent other servants more
8 Gr. bondservants.

4 Or, the fruits

than the first: and they did unto them in like manner. 37 But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They 38 will reverence my son. But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his 39 inheritance. And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed 40 him. When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto 41 those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures,

The stone which the build-
ers rejected,

And when they sought to lay 46 hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.

And Jesus answered and 1 22 spake again in parables unto them, saying, The kingdom 2 of heaven is likened unto a certain king, which made a marriage feast for his son, and sent forth his 2servants to 3 call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come. Again he 4 sent forth other 2servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast. But they made light of it, 5 and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise: and the rest 6 laid hold on his servants, and entreated them shame

The same was made the fully, and killed them. But 7 head of the corner:

This was from the Lord,
And it is marvellous in our
eyes?

43 Therefore say I unto you, The
kingdom of God shall be
taken away from you, and
shall be given to a nation
bringing forth the fruits
44 thereof. And he that falleth
on this stone shall be broken
to pieces: but on whomsoever
it shall fall, it will scatter
43 him as dust. And when the
chief priests and the Pharisees
heard his parables, they per-
ceived that he spake of them. |

the king was wroth; and
he sent his armies, and
destroyed those murderers,
and burned their city. Then 8
saith he to his 2servants, The
wedding is ready, but they
that were bidden were not
worthy. Go ye therefore unto 9
the partings of the highways,
and as many as ye shall find,
bid to the marriage feast.
And those 2servants went out 10
into the highways, and ga-
thered together all as many
as they found, both bad and
good: and the wedding was
filled with guests. But when 11

1 Some ancient authorities omit ver. 44.

2 Gr. bondservants.

1 Or, ministers 2 Or, Teacher See marginal note on ch. xviii. 28. 4 Gr. saying. 5 Gr. shall perform the duty of a husband's brother to his wife. Compare Deut. xxv. 5. Gr. seven. 7 Many ancient authorities add of God.

gathered themselves together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, tempt36 ing him, 1Master, which is the great commandment in 37 the law? And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, 38 and with all thy mind. This is the great and first com39 mandment. And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hangeth the whole law, and the prophets.

41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus 42 asked them a question, saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. 43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit | call him Lord, saying,

44

The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I put thine enemies

underneath thy feet?
45 If David then calleth him
46 Lord, how is he his son? And
no one was able to answer
him a word, neither durst any
man from that day forth ask
him any more questions.

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fore whatsoever they bid you,
these do and observe: but do
not ye after their works; for
they say, and do not. Yea, 4
they bind heavy burdens and
grievous to be borne, and lay
them on men's shoulders;
but they themselves will not
move them with their finger.
But all their works they do 5
for to be seen of men: for
they make broad their phy-
lacteries, and enlarge the
borders of their garments, and 6
love the chief place at feasts,
and the chief seats in the
synagogues, and the saluta-7
tions in the marketplaces,
and to be called of men,
Rabbi. But be not ye called 8
Rabbi: for one is your teacher,
and all ye are brethren. And 9
call no man your father on
the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: 10
for one is your master, even
the Christ. But he that is 11
5 greatest among you shall be
your 6 servant. And whoso- 12
ever shall exalt himself shall
be humbled; and whosoever
shall humble himself shall be
exalted.

But woe unto you, scribes 13 and Pharisees, hypocrites! Then spake Jesus to the because ye shut the kingdom multitudes and to his dis- of heaven 7against men: for 2 ciples, saying, The scribes ye enter not in yourselves, and the Pharisees sit on neither suffer ye them that 3 Moses' seat: all things there- | are entering in to enter.8

1 Or, Teacher 2 Or, And a second is like unto it, Thou shall love &c.
Many ancient authorities omit and grievous to be borne.
4 Gr. the

heavenly. 5 Gr. greater. 6 Or, minister 7 Gr. before. 8 Some

authorities insert here, or after ver. 12, ver. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, even while for a pretence ye make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation. See Mark xii. 40; Luke xx. 47.