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and then they will hand him over to foreigners who will make fun of him. They will beat him and nail him to a cross. But on the third day he will rise from death.

But Jesus called the disciples together and said: You know that foreign rulers like to order their people around. And their great leaders have full power over everyone they rule.

Two blind men were sitting beside the road. And when they heard that Jesus was coming their way, they shouted, "Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!"

The crowd told them to be quiet, but they shouted even louder, "Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!"

Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Right away they could see, and they became his followers.

They brought the donkey and its colt and laid some clothes on their backs. Then Jesus got on.

Some people walked ahead of Jesus and others followed behind. They were all shouting, "Hooray for the Son of David! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hooray for God in heaven above!"

But the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were angry when they saw his miracles and heard the children shouting praises to the Son of David.

Jesus had gone into the temple and was teaching when the chief priests and the leaders of the people came up to him. They asked, "What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?" They thought it over and said to each other, "We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.

On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet, and we are afraid of what they might do to us. That's why we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize."

When John the Baptist showed you how to do right, you would not believe him. But these evil people did believe. And even when you saw what they did, you still would not change your minds and believe.

But the renters grabbed those servants. They beat up one, killed one, and stoned one of them to death.

So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard these stories, they knew that Jesus was talking about them.

They went out on the streets and brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike. And the banquet room was filled with guests.

The Pharisees got together and planned how they could trick Jesus into saying something wrong.

They sent some of their followers and some of Herod's followers to say to him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest. You teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are.

"The Emperor's," they answered. Then Jesus told them, "Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God."

So obey everything they teach you, but don't do as they do. After all, they say one thing and do something else.