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And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came into Bethphage, toward the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Loosening, lead them to Me.

And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them. And he will send them at once.

But all this happened that might be fulfilled that spoken by the prophet, saying:

"Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek and mounted on an ass, even a colt, the son of an ass." Isa. 62:11; Zech. 9:9

And the disciples, having gone and having done as Jesus ordered them,

they led the ass and the colt. And they put on them their garments, and set Him on them.

And the very great crowd strewed their garments in the road. And others were cutting branches from the trees and were spreading them in the way.

And the crowd, the ones going before and the ones following, were crying out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! "Blessed is He coming in the name of the Lord"! Hosanna in the highest! Psa. 118:26

And as He entered into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, Who is this?

And the crowds said, This is Jesus, the Prophet, the One from Nazareth of Galilee.

And Jesus entered into the temple of God and threw out all those selling and buying in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling the doves.

And He said to them, It has been written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but you have "made it a den of plunderers." Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11

And blind and lame ones came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were incensed.

And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes. Did you never read, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?" LXX-Psa. 8:3; MT-Psa. 8:2

And leaving them, He went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

And returning early to the city, He hungered.

And seeing one fig tree by the road, He went up to it, and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, Let there be no more fruit from you forever. And the fig tree immediately dried up.

And seeing, the disciples marveled, saying, How quickly the fig tree is dried up!

And answering, Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do the miracle of the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, Be taken up and thrown into the sea, it will beso.

And all things, whatever you may ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.

And He having come into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came near to Him as He was teaching, saying, By what authority do You do these things? And who gave this authority to You?

And answering, Jesus said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

The baptism of John, from where was it? From Heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, He will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

But if we should say, From men, we fear the people. For all hold John to be a prophet.

And answering Jesus, they said, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

But what do you think? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go today; work in my vineyard.

And answering, he said, I will not. But afterward, having regretted, he went.

And having come to the second, he said the same. And answering, he said, I go , sir; but he did not leave.

Which of the two did the will of the father? They said to Him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, The tax collectors and the harlots go before you into the kingdom of God.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen, you did not repent afterwards to believe him.

Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a house master, who planted a vineyard and placed a hedge around it; and he dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. And he rented it to vinedressers and left the country. Isa. 5:1, 2

And when the season of the fruits came, he sent his slaves to the vinedressers to receive his fruits.

And the vinedressers, taking his slaves, they beat this one, and they killed one, and they stoned another.

Again he sent other slaves, more than the first. And they did the same to them.

And at last he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son.

But seeing the son, the vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.

And taking him, they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him .

Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?

They said to Him, Bad men! He will miserably destroy them, and he will rent out the vineyard to other vinedressers who will give to him the fruits in their seasons.

Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, "A Stone which the builders rejected, this One became the Head of the Corner? This was from the Lord, and it is a wonder in our eyes?" Psalm 118:22, 23

Because of this I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken from you, and it will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

And he who falls on this Stone will be broken; but on whomever It falls, It will pulverize him.

And hearing His parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees knew that He was speaking about them.

And seeking to lay hold of Him, they feared the crowds, because they held Him as a prophet.

And answering, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying:

The kingdom of Heaven is compared to a man, a king, who made a wedding feast for his son.

And he sent his slaves to call those being invited to the wedding feast, but they did not desire to come.

Again, he sent other slaves, saying, Tell the ones invited, Behold, I have prepared my supper; my oxen, and the fatlings are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.

But not caring they went away, one to his own field, and one to his trading.

And the rest, seizing his slaves, insulted and killed them .

And hearing, the king became angry. And sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

Then he said to his slaves, Indeed, the wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.

Then go onto the exits of the highways and call to the wedding feast as many as you may find.

And going out into the highways, those slaves gathered all, as many as they found, both evil and good. And the wedding feast was filled with reclining guests.

And the king coming in to look over those reclining, he saw a man there not having been dressed in a wedding garment.

And he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here, not having a wedding garment? But he was speechless.

Then the king said to the servants, Binding his feet and hands, take him away and throw him out into the outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

For many are called, but few chosen.

Then going, the Pharisees took counsel so as they might trap Him in words.

And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and it does not concern You about anyone, for You do not look to the face of men.

Then tell us, what do You think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

But knowing their wickedness, Jesus said, Why do you test Me, hypocrites?

Show Me the tribute coin. And they brought a denarius to Him.

And He said to them, Whose image and inscription is this?

They said to Him, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Then give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.

And hearing, they marveled. And leaving Him, they went away.

On that day, Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him. And they questioned Him,

saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any should die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother. Deut. 25:5

And seven brothers were with us. And having married, the first expired, and not having seed left his wife to his brother.

In the same way also the second, and the third, until the seven.

And last of all, the woman also died.

Then in the resurrection, of which of the seven will she be wife? For all had her.

And answering, Jesus said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are as the angels of God in Heaven.

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that spoken to you by God, saying:

"I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" God is not God of the dead, but of the living. Ex. 3:6

And hearing, the crowds were astonished at His doctrine.

But hearing that He had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees were gathered together.

And one of them, a lawyer, questioned Him , testing Him, and saying,

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?

And Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind." Deut. 6:5

This is the first and great commandment.

And the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Lev. 19:18

On these two commandments all the Law and the Prophets hang.

But the Pharisees having been gathered, Jesus questioned them,

saying, What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He? They say to Him, David's.

He said to them, Then how does David in Spirit call Him Lord, saying,

"The Lord said to my Lord, Sit off My right until I should put Your hostile ones as a footstool for Your feet?" LXX-Psa. 109:1; MT-Psa. 110:1

Then if David calls Him Lord, how is He his son?

And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question Him any more.