1 And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
2 And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.
3 And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away.
4 And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.
5 And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass?
6 And they said to them the words which Jesus had said; and they let them go.
7 And they took the young ass to Jesus, and put their clothing on him, and he got on his back.
8 And a great number put down their clothing in the way; and others put down branches which they had taken from the fields.
9 And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord:
10 A blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest.
11 And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
12 And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.
13 And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.
14 And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.
15 And they came to Jerusalem; and he went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were offering doves for money;
16 And he would not let any man take a vessel through the Temple.
17 And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.
18 And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.
19 And every evening he went out of the town.
20 And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.
21 And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.
22 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith.
23 Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire.
24 For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.
25 And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.
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27 And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:
28 And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?
29 And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.
30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.
31 And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?
32 But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.
33 And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
1 他们走近耶路撒冷， 到了伯法其和伯大尼， 来到橄榄山那里， 耶稣派了两个门徒，
2 对他们说： "你们往对面的村子里去， 一进去， 就会看见一头小驴拴在那里， 是没有人骑过的， 把它解开牵来。
3 如果有人问你们： ‘为什么这样作？’你们就说： ‘主需要它， 并且很快会送还到这里来。’"
4 门徒去了， 就发现一头小驴， 拴在门外的街上， 就把它解开。
5 站在那里的人有的问他们说： "你们为什么解它？"
6 门徒照着耶稣所说的话回答他们， 那些人就让他们牵走了。
7 门徒把小驴牵到耶稣那里， 把自己的衣服搭在上面， 耶稣就骑了上去。
8 许多人把衣服铺在路上， 还有人从田野里砍了些树枝也铺在路上。
9 前行后随的人都喊着说： "‘和散那’， 奉主名来的是应当称颂的！
10 那将要来临的， 我们祖先大卫的国是应当称颂的！ 高天之上当唱‘和散那’！ "
11 耶稣到了耶路撒冷， 进入圣殿， 察看了一切， 因为时候已经不早， 就和十二门徒出城往伯大尼去。
12 第二天他们从伯大尼出来， 耶稣饿了。
13 他远远看见一棵长满了叶子的无花果树， 就走过去， 看看是否可以在树上找到什么。到了树下， 除了叶子什么也找不着， 因为这不是收无花果的时候。
14 耶稣对树说： "永远再没有人吃你的果子了！ "他的门徒也听见了。
15 他们来到耶路撒冷。耶稣进了圣殿， 就把殿里作买卖的人赶走， 又推倒找换银钱的人的桌子， 和卖鸽子的人的凳子；
16 不许人拿着器皿穿过圣殿。
17 他又教训众人说： "经上不是写着‘我的殿要称为万国祷告的殿’吗？你们竟把它弄成贼窝了。"
18 祭司长和经学家听见了， 就想办法怎样除掉耶稣， 却又怕他， 因为群众都希奇他的教训。
19 到了晚上， 他们就到城外去。
20 早晨， 他们经过的时候， 看见那棵无花果树连根都枯萎了。
21 彼得想起来就对耶稣说： "拉比， 请看， 你所咒诅的无花果树， 已经枯萎了。"
22 耶稣回答他们： "你们对 神要有信心（"你们对 神要有信心"有些抄本作"如果你们对 神有信心"）。
23 我实在告诉你们， 无论什么人对这座山说‘移开， 投到海里’， 只要他心里不怀疑， 相信他所说的一定能够成就， 就必给他成就。
24 所以我告诉你们， 凡是你们祷告祈求的， 只要相信能够得到， 就必得到。
25 你们站着祷告的时候， 如果有谁得罪了你们， 就该饶恕他， 好使你们的天父也饶恕你们的过犯。"
26 （有些抄本有第26节： "如果你们不饶恕人， 你们的天父也必不饶恕你们的过犯。"）
27 他们又来到耶路撒冷。耶稣在殿里行走的时候， 祭司长、经学家和长老来到他跟前，
28 问他： "你凭什么权柄作这些事？谁给你权柄作这些事？"
29 耶稣对他们说： "我要问你们一句话， 你们回答了我， 我就告诉你们我凭什么权柄作这些事。
30 约翰的洗礼是从天上来的， 还是从人来的呢？你们回答我吧。"
31 他们就彼此议论： "如果我们说‘是从天上来的’， 他就会说‘那你们为什么不信他呢？’
32 如果我们说‘是从人来的’......"他们害怕群众， 因为众人都认为约翰的确是先知。
33 于是他们回答耶稣： "我们不知道。"耶稣对他们说： "我也不告诉你们我凭什么权柄作这些事。"