1 Jesus and his disciples reached Bethphageand Bethanynear the Mount of Olives. When they were getting close to Jerusalem, Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 He told them, "Go into the next village. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey that has never been ridden. Untie the donkey and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks why you are doing this, say, ‘The Lord11.3 The Lord: Or "The master of the donkey."needs it and will soon bring it back.’ "
4 The disciples left and found the donkey tied near a door that faced the street. While they were untying it, 5 some of the people standing there asked, "Why are you untying the donkey?" 6 They told them what Jesushad said, and the people let them take it.
7 The disciples led the donkey to Jesus. They put some of their clothes on its back, and Jesusgot on. 8 Many people spread clothes on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.11.8 spread … branches from the fields: This was one way that the Jewish people welcomed a famous person.
9 Ps 118.25,26.In front of Jesus and behind him, people went along shouting,
"Hooray!11.9 Hooray: This translates a word that can mean "please save us." But it is most often used as a shout of praise to God.
God bless the one who comes
in the name of the Lord!
10 God bless the coming kingdom
of our ancestor David.
Hooray for God
in heaven above!"
11 After Jesushad gone to Jerusalem, he went into the temple and looked around at everything. But since it was already late in the day, he went back to Bethanywith the twelve disciples.
12 When Jesus and his disciples left Bethanythe next morning, he was hungry. 13 From a distance Jesus saw a fig tree covered with leaves, and he went to see if there were any figs on the tree. But there were none, because it wasn’t the season for figs. 14 So Jesus said to the tree, "Never again will anyone eat fruit from this tree!" The disciples heard him say this.
15 After Jesus and his disciples reached Jerusalem, he went into the temple and began chasing out everyone who was selling and buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of those who were selling doves. 16 Jesus would not let anyone carry things through the temple. 17 Is 56.7;Jr 7.11.Then he taught the people and said, "The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship for all nations.’ But you have made it a place where robbers hide!"
18 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses heard what Jesus said, and they started looking for a way to kill him. They were afraid of him, because the crowds were completely amazed at his teaching.
19 That evening, Jesus and the disciples went outside the city.
20 As the disciples walked past the fig tree the next morning, they noticed that it was completely dried up, roots and all. 21 Peterremembered what Jesus had said to the tree. Then Petersaid, "Teacher, look! The tree you put a curse on has dried up."
22 Jesustold his disciples:
Have faith in God! 23 Mt 17.20;1 Co 13.2.If you have faith in God and don’t doubt, you can tell this mountain to get up and jump into the sea, and it will. 24 Everything you ask for in prayer will be yours, if you only have faith.
25,26 Mt 6.14,15.Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.11.25,26 your sins: Some manuscripts add, "But if you do not forgive others, God will not forgive you."
27 Jesus and his disciples returned to Jerusalem. And as he was walking through the temple, the chief priests, the nation’s leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses came over to him. 28 They asked, "What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
29 Jesusanswered, "I have just one question to ask you. If you answer it, I will tell you where I got the right to do these things. 30 Who gave Johnthe right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?"
31 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. 32 On the other hand, these people think that Johnwas a prophet. So we can’t say it was merely some human who gave Johnthe right to baptize."
They were afraid of the crowd 33 and told Jesus, "We don’t know."
Jesusreplied, "Then I won’t tell you who gave me the right to do what I do."
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Bethphage is the place at the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem from which Jesus sent two disciples as he approached the city (Matthew 21:1).
Bethany is the village of Lazarus, Mary and her sister Martha, about fifteen stadia from Jerusalem; Jesus spent the night there and was in the home of Simon the leper (John 11:1).
The Mount of Olives is a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus spent the nights while teaching each day at the temple and where David went up weeping, his head covered (Luke 21:37).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Bethany is the village of Lazarus, Mary and her sister Martha, about fifteen stadia from Jerusalem; Jesus spent the night there and was in the home of Simon the leper (John 11:1).
Bethany is the village of Lazarus, Mary and her sister Martha, about fifteen stadia from Jerusalem; Jesus spent the night there and was in the home of Simon the leper (John 11:1).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Peter, called Simon, a fisherman of Galilee, was one of the twelve apostles; he confessed Jesus as the Christ, denied him three times, and later preached at Pentecost (Matthew 16:16).
Peter, called Simon, a fisherman of Galilee, was one of the twelve apostles; he confessed Jesus as the Christ, denied him three times, and later preached at Pentecost (Matthew 16:16).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, preached repentance in the wilderness, baptized Jesus in the Jordan, and was beheaded by order of Herod (Matthew 3:1).
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, preached repentance in the wilderness, baptized Jesus in the Jordan, and was beheaded by order of Herod (Matthew 3:1).
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, preached repentance in the wilderness, baptized Jesus in the Jordan, and was beheaded by order of Herod (Matthew 3:1).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).