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Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked, whipped, and crucified, but on the third day he will be raised."Matthew 27:2; Mark 15:1,16; Luke 23:1; John 18:28; Acts 3:13;">[xr]

He said to them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."Matthew 25:34; Acts 12:2; Romans 8:17; 2 Corinthians 1:7; Revelation 1:9;">[xr]

But Jesus called the disciplesthem">[fn] and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."Isaiah 53:10-11; Daniel 9:24,26; Matthew 26:28; Luke 22:27; John 11:51-52; Romans 5:15,19; Philippians 2:7; 1 Timothy 2:6; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:19;">[xr]

The crowd sternly told them to be silent, but they shouted even louder, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

He told them, "It is written, 'My house is to be called a house of prayer,'Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11">[fn] but you are turning it into a hideoutcave">[fn] for bandits!"Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46;">[xr]

But when the high priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he had done and the children shouting in the temple, "HosannaPlease save or Praise.">[fn] to the Son of David," they became furious

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.Mark 11:13;">[xr]

Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you be able to do what has been done to the fig tree, but you will also say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.Matthew 17:20; Luke 17:6; 1 Corinthians 13:2; James 1:6;">[xr]

But if we say, 'From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, for all regard John as a prophet."Matthew 14:5; Mark 6:20; Luke 20:6;">[xr]

"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

His sonHe">[fn] replied, 'I don't want to,' but later he changed his mind and went.

Then the fatherhe">[fn] went to the other sonson">[fn] and told him the same thing. He replied, 'I will,will">[fn] sir,' but he didn't go.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, but you didn't believe him. The tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your mindsrepent">[fn] at last and believe him."Matthew 3:1; Luke 3:12-13;">[xr]

But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.2 Chronicles 24:21; 36:16; Nehemiah 9:26; Matthew 5:12; Acts 7:52; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Hebrews 11:36-37;">[xr]

Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmersthey">[fn] treated them the same way.

But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'Psalm 2:2,8; Matthew 26:3; 27:1; John 11:53; Acts 4:27; Hebrews 1:2;">[xr]

The person who falls over this stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush anyone on whom it falls."[fn]Isaiah 8:14-15; 60:12; Daniel 2:44; Zechariah 12:3; Luke 20:18; Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:8;">[xr]

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

But they paid no attention to this and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.