1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,2 saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:5 "Say to Daughter Zion, 'See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'" [^1]6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on.8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna "to the Son of David!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" ""Hosanna "in the highest heaven!"10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"11 The crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.13 "It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' "but you are making it 'a den of robbers.' ""14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant.16 "Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him. "Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read, "'From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise' "?"17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" Immediately the tree withered.20 When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?" they asked.21 Jesus replied, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done.22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."23 Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. "By what authority are you doing these things?" they asked. "And who gave you this authority?"24 Jesus replied, "I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.25 John's baptism —where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or of human origin?" They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why didn't you believe him?'26 But if we say, 'Of human origin' —we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet."27 So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.28 "What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.'29 "'I will not,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.30 "Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.31 "Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.33 "Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.35 "The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.36 Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.37 Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.38 "But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.'39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.40 "Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"41 "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time."42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes' "?43 "Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed." [^9]45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them.46 They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.

1 ولما قربوا من اورشليم وجاءوا الى بيت فاجي عند جبل الزيتون حينئذ ارسل يسوع تلميذين2 قائلا لهما. اذهبا الى القرية التي امامكما فللوقت تجدان اتانا مربوطة وجحشا معها فحلاهما وأتياني بهما.3 وان قال لكما احد شيئا فقولا الرب محتاج اليهما. فللوقت يرسلهما.4 فكان هذا كله لكي يتم ما قيل بالنبي القائل5 قولوا لابنة صهيون هوذا ملكك يأتيك وديعا راكبا على اتان وجحش ابن اتان.6 فذهب التلميذان وفعلا كما امرهما يسوع.7 وأتيا بالاتان والجحش ووضعا عليهما ثيابهما فجلس عليهما.8 والجمع الاكثر فرشوا ثيابهم في الطريق. وآخرون قطعوا اغصانا من الشجر وفرشوها في الطريق.9 والجموع الذين تقدموا والذين تبعوا كانوا يصرخون قائلين أوصنا لابن داود. مبارك الآتي باسم الرب. أوصنا في الاعالي.10 ولما دخل اورشليم ارتجّت المدينة كلها قائلة من هذا.11 فقالت الجموع هذا يسوع النبي الذي من ناصرة الجليل12 ودخل يسوع الى هيكل الله واخرج جميع الذين كانوا يبيعون ويشترون في الهيكل وقلب موائد الصيارفة وكراسي باعة الحمام13 وقال لهم. مكتوب بيتي بيت الصلاة يدعى وانتم جعلتموه مغارة لصوص.14 وتقدم اليه عمي وعرج في الهيكل فشفاهم.15 فلما رأى رؤساء الكهنة والكتبة العجائب التي صنع والاولاد يصرخون في الهيكل ويقولون أوصنا لابن داود غضبوا16 وقالوا له أتسمع ما يقول هؤلاء. فقال لهم يسوع نعم. أما قرأتم قط من افواه الاطفال والرضّع هيأت تسبيحا.17 ثم تركهم وخرج خارج المدينة الى بيت عنيا وبات هناك18 وفي الصبح اذ كان راجعا الى المدينة جاع.19 فنظر شجرة تين على الطريق وجاء اليها فلم يجد فيها شيئا الا ورقا فقط. فقال لها لا يكون منك ثمر بعد الى الابد. فيبست التينة في الحال.20 فلما رأى التلاميذ ذلك تعجبوا قائلين كيف يبست التينة في الحال.21 فاجاب يسوع وقال لهم. الحق اقول لكم ان كان لكم ايمان ولا تشكّون فلا تفعلون امر التينة فقط بل ان قلتم ايضا لهذا الجبل انتقل وانطرح في البحر فيكون.22 وكل ما تطلبونه في الصلاة مؤمنين تنالونه23 ولما جاء الى الهيكل تقدم اليه رؤساء الكهنة وشيوخ الشعب وهو يعلّم قائلين بأي سلطان تفعل هذا ومن اعطاك هذا السلطان.24 فاجاب يسوع وقال لهم وانا ايضا اسألكم كلمة واحدة فان قلتم لي عنها اقول لكم انا ايضا بأي سلطان افعل هذا.25 معمودية يوحنا من اين كانت. من السماء أم من الناس. ففكروا في انفسهم قائلين ان قلنا من السماء يقول لنا فلماذا لم تؤمنوا به.26 وان قلنا من الناس نخاف من الشعب. لان يوحنا عند الجميع مثل نبي.27 فاجابوا يسوع وقالوا لا نعلم. فقال لهم هو ايضا ولا انا اقول لكم باي سلطان افعل هذا28 ماذا تظنون. كان لانسان ابنان فجاء الى الاول وقال يا ابني اذهب اليوم اعمل في كرمي.29 فاجاب وقال ما اريد. ولكنه ندم اخيرا ومضى.30 وجاء الى الثاني وقال كذلك. فاجاب وقال ها انا يا سيد. ولم يمض.31 فأي الاثنين عمل ارادة الاب. قالوا له الاول. قال لهم يسوع الحق اقول لكم ان العشارين والزواني يسبقونكم الى ملكوت الله.32 لان يوحنا جاءكم في طريق الحق فلم تؤمنوا به. واما العشارون والزواني فآمنوا به. وانتم اذ رأيتم لم تندموا اخيرا لتؤمنوا به33 اسمعوا مثلا آخر. كان انسان رب بيت غرس كرما واحاطه بسياج وحفر فيه معصرة وبنى برجا وسلمه الى كرامين وسافر.34 ولما قرب وقت الاثمار ارسل عبيده الى الكرامين لياخذ اثماره.35 فاخذ الكرامون عبيده وجلدوا بعضا وقتلوا بعضا ورجموا بعضا.36 ثم ارسل ايضا عبيدا آخرين اكثر من الاولين. ففعلوا بهم كذلك.37 فاخيرا ارسل اليهم ابنه قائلا يهابون ابني.38 واما الكرامون فلما رأوا الابن قالوا فيما بينهم هذا هو الوارث هلموا نقتله وناخذ ميراثه.39 فأخذوه واخرجوه خارج الكرم وقتلوه.40 فمتى جاء صاحب الكرم ماذا يفعل بأولئك الكرامين.41 قالوا له. أولئك الاردياء يهلكهم هلاكا رديّا ويسلم الكرم الى كرامين آخرين يعطونه الاثمار في اوقاتها.42 قال لهم يسوع أما قرأتم قط في الكتب. الحجر الذي رفضه البناؤون هو قد صار راس الزاوية. من قبل الرب كان هذا وهو عجيب في اعيننا.43 لذلك اقول لكم ان ملكوت الله ينزع منكم ويعطى لأمة تعمل اثماره.44 ومن سقط على هذا الحجر يترضض ومن سقط هو عليه يسحقه45 ولما سمع رؤساء الكهنة والفريسيون امثاله عرفوا انه تكلم عليهم.46 واذ كانوا يطلبون ان يمسكوه خافوا من الجموع لانه كان عندهم مثل نبي