1 E, logo que se aproximaram de Jerusalém, de Betfagé e de Betânia, junto ao monte das Oliveiras, enviou dois dos seus discípulos 2 e disse-lhes: Ide à aldeia que está defronte de vós; e, logo que ali entrardes, encontrareis preso um jumentinho, sobre o qual ainda não montou homem algum; soltai-o e trazei-mo. 3 E, se alguém vos disser: Por que fazeis isso?, dizei-lhe que o Senhor precisa dele, e logo o deixará trazer para aqui. 4 E foram, e encontraram o jumentinho preso fora da porta, entre dois caminhos, e o soltaram. 5 E alguns dos que ali estavam lhes disseram: Que fazeis, soltando o jumentinho? 6 Eles, porém, disseram-lhes como Jesus lhes tinha mandado; e os deixaram ir. 7 E levaram o jumentinho a Jesus e lançaram sobre ele as suas vestes, e assentou-se sobre ele. 8 E muitos estendiam as suas vestes pelo caminho, e outros cortavam ramos das árvores e os espalhavam pelo caminho. 9 E aqueles que iam adiante e os que seguiam clamavam, dizendo: Hosana! Bendito o que vem em nome do Senhor! 10 Bendito o Reino do nosso pai Davi, que vem em nome do Senhor! Hosana nas alturas!

11 E Jesus entrou em Jerusalém, no templo, e, tendo visto tudo ao redor, como fosse já tarde, saiu para Betânia, com os doze.

12 E, no dia seguinte, quando saíram de Betânia, teve fome. 13 Vendo de longe uma figueira que tinha folhas, foi ver se nela acharia alguma coisa; e, chegando a ela, não achou senão folhas, porque não era tempo de figos. 14 E Jesus, falando, disse à figueira: Nunca mais coma alguém fruto de ti. E os seus discípulos ouviram isso.

15 E vieram a Jerusalém; e Jesus, entrando no templo, começou a expulsar os que vendiam e compravam no templo; e derribou as mesas dos cambistas e as cadeiras dos que vendiam pombas. 16 E não consentia que ninguém levasse algum vaso pelo templo. 17 E os ensinava, dizendo: Não está escrito: A minha casa será chamada por todas as nações casa de oração? Mas vós a tendes feito covil de ladrões. 18 E os escribas e príncipes dos sacerdotes, tendo ouvido isso, buscavam ocasião para o matar; pois eles o temiam porque toda a multidão estava admirada acerca da sua doutrina. 19 E, sendo já tarde, saiu para fora da cidade.

20 E eles, passando pela manhã, viram que a figueira se tinha secado desde as raízes. 21 E Pedro, lembrando-se, disse-lhe: Mestre, eis que a figueira que tu amaldiçoaste se secou. 22 E Jesus, respondendo, disse-lhes: Tende fé em Deus, 23 porque em verdade vos digo que qualquer que disser a este monte: Ergue-te e lança-te no mar, e não duvidar em seu coração, mas crer que se fará aquilo que diz, tudo o que disser lhe será feito. 24 Por isso, vos digo que tudo o que pedirdes, orando, crede que o recebereis e tê-lo-eis. 25 E, quando estiverdes orando, perdoai, se tendes alguma coisa contra alguém, para que vosso Pai, que está nos céus, vos perdoe as vossas ofensas. 26 Mas, se vós não perdoardes, também vosso Pai, que está nos céus, vos não perdoará as vossas ofensas.

27 E tornaram a Jerusalém; e, andando ele pelo templo, os principais dos sacerdotes, e os escribas, e os anciãos se aproximaram dele 28 e lhe disseram: Com que autoridade fazes tu estas coisas? Ou quem te deu tal autoridade para fazer estas coisas? 29 Mas Jesus, respondendo, disse-lhes: Também eu vos perguntarei uma coisa, e respondei-me; e, então, vos direi com que autoridade faço estas coisas. 30 O batismo de João era do céu ou dos homens? Respondei-me. 31 E eles arrazoavam entre si, dizendo: Se dissermos: Do céu, ele nos dirá: Então, por que o não crestes? 32 Se, porém, dissermos: Dos homens, tememos o povo, porque todos sustentavam que João, verdadeiramente, era profeta. 33 E, respondendo, disseram a Jesus: Não sabemos. E Jesus lhes replicou: Também eu vos não direi com que autoridade faço estas coisas.

1 When they came near Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead2 and said to them,"Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you go into it, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever sat on.Untie it, and bring it along.3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?,’ say, ‘The Lord needs it,’ and he will send it back here at once."4 So they went and found the colt outside in the street tied up next to a doorway. While they were untying it,5 some men standing there asked them, "What are you doing untying that colt?"6 The disciples told them what Jesus had said, and the men let them go.7 They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their coats upon it, and he sat on it.8 Many people spread their coats on the road, while others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields.9 Those who went ahead and those who followed him were shouting, "Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comesin the name of the Lord!10 How blessed is the coming kingdomof our forefather David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"11 Then Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the temple and looked around at everything. Since it was already late, he went out with the twelve to Bethany.12 The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus became hungry.13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing except leaves because it wasn't the season for figs.14 So he said to it,"May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" Now his disciples were listening to this.15 When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple. He overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.16 He wouldn't even let anyone carry a vessel through the temple.17 Then he began to teach them, saying,"It is written, is it not, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer for all nations’?But you have turned it into a hideoutfor bandits!"18 When the high priests and elders heard this, they began to look for a way to kill him. For they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples would leave the city.20 While they were walking along early in the morning, they saw the fig tree dried up to its roots.21 Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has dried up!"22 Jesus said to them,"Have faith in God!23 Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ if he doesn't doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.24 Thatis why I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have receivedit and it will be yours.25 "Whenever you stand up to pray, forgive whatever you have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.26 But if you do not forgive, your Father in heaven will not forgive your sins."27 Then they went into Jerusalem again. While Jesus was walking in the temple, the high priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him28 and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority to do them?"29 Jesus said to them,"I will ask you one question.Answer me, and then I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.30 WasJohn's authority to baptizefrom heaven or from humans? Answer me."31 They began discussing this among themselves. "If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’32 But if we say, ‘From humans’…?" For they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone really thought John was a prophet.33 So they answered Jesus, "We don't know."Then Jesus told them,"Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things."