1 And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples, 2 and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no child of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it here. 3 And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither. 4 And they departed, and found a colt bound to the door without at the crossway, and they loose him. 5 And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, loosing the colt? 6 And they said to them as Jesus had commanded. And they let them do it. 7 And they led the colt to Jesus, and cast their clothes upon it, and he sat on it; 8 and many strewed their clothes on the way, and others cut down branches from the trees and went on strewing them on the way. 9 And those going on before and those following cried out, Hosanna! blessed be he that comes in the Lord’s name. 10 Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest! 11 And he entered into Jerusalem and into the temple; and having looked round on all things, the hour being already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

12 And on the morrow, when they were gone out of Bethany, he hungered. 13 And seeing from afar off a fig-tree which had leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find something on it. And having come up to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time of figs. 14 And answering he said to it, Let no one eat fruit of thee any more for ever. And his disciples heard it. 15 And they come to Jerusalem, and entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold and who bought in the temple, and he overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of the dove-sellers, 16 and suffered not that any one should carry any package through the temple. 17 And he taught saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers. 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, because all the crowd were astonished at his doctrine. 19 And when it was evening he went forth without the city. 20 And passing by early in the morning they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter, remembering what Jesus had said, says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up. 22 And Jesus answering says to them, Have faith in God. 23 Verily I say to you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but believe that what he says takes place, whatever he shall say shall come to pass for him. 24 For this reason I say to you, All things whatsoever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye receive it, and it shall come to pass for you. 25 And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your offences. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your offences.

27 And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he walked about in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him, 28 and they say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things? 29 And Jesus answering said to them, I also will ask you one thing, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things: 30 The baptism of John, was it of heaven, or of men? answer me. 31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why then have ye not believed him? 32 but should we say, Of men — they feared the people; for all held of John that he was truly a prophet. 33 And they answering say to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus answering says to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

1 Kui nad lähenesid Jeruusalemmale ning tulid Betfagesse ja Betaaniasse Õlimäe juurde, läkitas Jeesus kaks oma jüngritest 2 sõnadega: „Minge külla, mis on teie ees. Kohe sinna jõudes te leiate kinniseotud sälu, kelle seljas ei ole istunud veel keegi. Siduge ta lahti ja tooge siia! 3 Ja kui keegi küsib, miks te seda teete, siis öelge, et Issand vajab teda ja saadab ta peatselt tagasi!"

4 Jüngrid läksid, leidsid sälu ukse külge seotuna tänaval ja päästsid ta lahti. 5 Mõned sealseisjatest küsisid: „Miks te sälu köidikuist vabastate?" 6 Ja jüngrid vastasid neile nõnda, nagu Jeesus oli käskinud, ja neil lasti minna. 7 Nad tõid sälu Jeesuse juurde, heitsid oma kuued ta peale ning Jeesus istus sälu selga. 8 Ja paljud laotasid tee peale oma rõivaid, ja teised väljadelt lõigatud oksi. 9 Ja need, kes käisid Jeesuse eel ja järel, hüüdsid:

„Hoosanna!"

„Õnnistatud olgu, kes tuleb Issanda nimel!"

10 „Õnnistatud olgu meie isa Taaveti saabuv kuningriik!"

„Hoosanna kõrgeimas taevas!"

11 Jeesus saabus Jeruusalemma. Ta sisenes templisse ja silmitses kõike ümberringi, kuid kuna aeg oli juba hiline, läks ta koos nende kaheteistkümnega Betaaniasse.

12 Ja järgmisel päeval Betaaniast lahkumisel tundis Jeesus nälga. 13 Nähes eemal lehis viigipuud, läks ta vaatama, kas seal ka vilju on. Puu juurde jõudes ei leidnud ta aga midagi peale lehtede, sest ei olnud viigimarjade aeg. 14 Jeesus ütles puule: „Ärgu keegi enam iialgi söögu sinu vilja!" Ja ta jüngrid kuulsid seda.

15 Jeruusalemma jõudes läks Jeesus templisse ning hakkas välja ajama neid, kes seal müüsid ja ostsid. Ta lükkas kummuli rahavahetajate lauad ja tuvimüüjate pingid 16 ega lubanud, et keegi kannaks kaupa läbi pühakoja. 17 Ta õpetas neid: „Eks ole kirjutatud: „Minu koda hüütagu palvekojaks kõigile rahvastele"? Aga teie olete teinud selle röövlikoopaks!"

18 Ülempreestrid ja kirjatundjad said sellest kuulda ning otsisid võimalust Jeesust tappa, sest nad kartsid teda, kuna kogu rahvas oli vapustatud tema õpetusest.

19 Õhtu saabudes läksid Jeesus ja jüngrid linnast välja.

20 Varahommikul nägid nad viigipuust möödudes, et see oli juurteni ära kuivanud. 21 Peetrusele meenus, mis oli juhtunud, ja ta ütles Jeesusele: „Rabi, vaata! Viigipuu, mille sa needsid, on ära kuivanud!"

22 Jeesus vastas neile: „Olgu teil usku Jumalasse! 23 Tõesti, ma ütlen teile, kui keegi ütleb sellele mäele: „Tõuse paigast ja lange merre!" ega kõhkle oma südames, vaid usub, et see, mis ta ütleb, sünnib, siis see saabki talle! 24 Seepärast ma ütlen teile, kõike, mida te palves palute – uskuge, et te olete selle saanud, ja see saabki teile! 25 Ja kui te olete palvetamas, siis andke andeks, kui teil on midagi kellegi vastu, et ka teie Isa, kes on taevas, annaks teie eksimused teile andeks. 26 Kui te aga ei anna andeks, siis ei anna ka teie Isa, kes on taevas, teie eksimusi teile andeks."

27 Nad tulid taas Jeruusalemma. Kui Jeesus kõndis templis, astusid ülempreestrid, kirjatundjad ja rahvavanemad tema juurde. 28 Nad nõudsid temalt: „Millise meelevallaga sa seda kõike teed? Kes on andnud sulle selle meelevalla neid asju teha?"

29 Jeesus vastas: „Minagi küsin teilt midagi. Teie vastake mulle, ja siis ma ütlen teile, millise meelevallaga ma seda teen. 30 Kas Johannese ristimine oli taevast või inimestest? Öelge mulle!"

31 Nad arutasid omavahel: „Kui me ütleme, et taevast, siis ta ütleb: „Miks te siis ei uskunud teda?" 32 Aga kui me ütleme, et inimestest…" (Nad kartsid rahvast, sest kõikide meelest oli Johannes tõepoolest olnud prohvet.)

33 Nii nad vastasid Jeesusele: „Me ei tea!"

„Ega siis minagi ütle teile, millise meelevallaga ma seda teen," ütles Jeesus.