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Jesus Go Inside Jerusalem Jalike One King

11 Den Jesus dem come near Jerusalem an come by Betpage an Betany, on top Olive Ridge. Jesus send two guys he teaching. He tell um, “You guys see dat small town ova dea? Go inside dea, an you goin find one young donkey dat stay tie up. Nobody ride on um yet. Hemo da rope from da post, an bring um ova hea. If somebody aks you guys, ‘Eh, how come you guys stay doing dat?’ tell um, ‘Da Boss need um. Den he goin send somebody fo bring um right back.’ ”

Da guys go an find da young donkey outside in da street. He stay tie up by da door, so dey hemo da rope from da post. Get some guys standing aroun, an dey aks um, “Eh! Wat you guys doing? How come you hemo da rope from da post?”

Dey tell um jalike Jesus wen say. Den da guys let um take um. Dey bring da young donkey by Jesus. Dey throw dea coats on top um, an Jesus wen sit on top um. Plenny peopo put dea coats down on top da road too, jalike fo one king. Odda guys cut branches from da palm trees in da fields, an put um down on top da road fo show respeck fo him. An plenny peopo stay walking in front an behind, yelling

“Hui! God goin take us outa da bad kine stuff we stay in!
    God goin do plenny good kine stuff fo him.
    Dis da guy who come fo da Boss Up Dea!
10 God goin do good kine stuff fo us!
He goin give us one King jalike King David,
    Our ancesta guy!
God in da sky,
    He goin take us outa da bad kine stuff we stay in!”

11 Den Jesus go inside Jerusalem, an go inside da temple yard. He look aroun at everyting. But late awready, dass why he go back Betany wit his twelve guys.

Da Fig Tree Dat No Mo Fruit

12 Da nex day, wen dey go way from Betany fo go Jerusalem one mo time, Jesus wen come real hungry. 13 He spock one fig tree wit leafs, but kinda far. He go ova dea fo check out if get fruit. He come dea an find ony leafs, cuz not time yet fo fruit. 14 So he tell da fig tree, “Nobody goin eat fruit from you no moa!” His guys wen hear wat he say.

Jesus Inside Da Temple Yard

15 Dey get to Jerusalem. Jesus wen go inside da temple yard, an he start fo throw out all da guys who was buying an selling stuff ova dea. He wen huli da tables wea dey sell da spesho kine temple money fo give to da temple, an da benches fo da guys who sell doves fo sacrifice. 16 He no let nobody carry any kine stuff thru da temple yard. 17 He teach um, “Da Bible say, ‘My temple goin be one house fo all da peopos all ova da world fo pray inside.’ But you guys stay make um jalike one hangout fo crooks!”

18 But da main priest guys an da teachas who teach Godʼs Rules hear dat. Dey try figga out how dey can kill him. Dey scared a him, cuz da tings he teach, blow da peopoʼs minds. 19 Wen da sun go down, Jesus dem go outside da town.

Jesus Teach Um Bout Da Fig Tree

20 Early da nex morning dey pass by da fig tree, an see um all dry up from da root. 21 Peter rememba, an tell Jesus, “Eh, Teacha! Look da kine! You wen put kahuna da fig tree, an now, all dry up!”

22 Jesus tell um, “Gotta trus God! 23 Az right! I like tell you guys dis too: You goin tell dis mountain ova hea, ‘Eh, get up! Throw yoaself inside da ocean.’ If you trus God fo make dat happen, an no trus um ony litto bit same time, den goin be lidat. 24 Dass why I tell you guys, wen you pray, everyting you aks God fo do, trus him jalike you get um awready, an dat goin be. 25 Everytime you guys stand up an pray, if you huhu wit somebody, you gotta let dem go, an no feel huhu wit dem. If you do dat, den yoa Fadda dat stay inside da sky, he goin let you guys go, an no feel huhu bout da bad kine stuff you guys wen do. 26 [But if you guys no like let da odda guy go, an like stay huhu wit dem, den yoa Fadda in da sky, he no goin let you guys go, he goin stay huhu bout all da bad kine stuff you guys wen do.]”

Wat Right Jesus Get Fo Do Wat He Do?

27 Jesus dem come back Jerusalem. He walk inside da temple yard, an da main priest guys, da teachas who teach Godʼs Rules, an da older leada guys wen go by him. 28 Dey aks him, “Eh, wat right you get fo do dis kine stuff? Who wen say you can do um?”

29 Jesus tell um, “I like aks you guys one ting. You tell me, an den I tell you guys wat right I get fo do dis kine stuff. 30 Da guy John, wen he wen baptize, wea he wen get da right? God in da sky, he give um da right? O da peopo, dey give um da right? Try tell me dat.”

31 Dey talking to demself. Dey say, “If we tell him, ‘God in da sky give um da right,’ he goin say, ‘How come you guys neva believe him den?’ 32 But if we say, ‘Da peopo give um da right,’ no way! You know, us guys scared wat da peopo goin do, cuz everybody tink dat John wen talk fo God.” 33 So dey tell him, “Eh, we donno.”

Den Jesus say, “Kay den, I no goin tell you guys from wea I get da right.”

Jesus Enters Jerusalem as a King

11 As Jesus and his followers were coming closer to Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives. From there Jesus sent two of his followers and said to them, “Go to the town you can see there. When you enter it, you will quickly find a colt tied, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here to me. If anyone asks you why you are doing this, tell him its Master needs the colt, and he will send it at once.”

The followers went into the town, found a colt tied in the street near the door of a house, and untied it. Some people were standing there and asked, “What are you doing? Why are you untying that colt?” The followers answered the way Jesus told them to answer, and the people let them take the colt.

They brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it, and Jesus sat on it. Many people spread their coats on the road. Others cut branches in the fields and spread them on the road. The people were walking ahead of Jesus and behind him, shouting,

“Praise God!
God bless the One who comes in the name of the Lord! Psalm 118:26
10 God bless the kingdom of our father David!
    That kingdom is coming!
Praise[a] to God in heaven!”

11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple. After he had looked at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve apostles.

12 The next day as Jesus was leaving Bethany, he became hungry. 13 Seeing a fig tree in leaf from far away, he went to see if it had any figs on it. But he found no figs, only leaves, because it was not the right season for figs. 14 So Jesus said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And Jesus’ followers heard him say this.

Jesus Goes to the Temple

15 When Jesus returned to Jerusalem, he went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were buying and selling there. He turned over the tables of those who were exchanging different kinds of money, and he upset the benches of those who were selling doves. 16 Jesus refused to allow anyone to carry goods through the Temple courts. 17 Then he taught the people, saying, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house for prayer for people from all nations.’[b] But you are changing God’s house into a ‘hideout for robbers.’”[c]

18 The leading priests and the teachers of the law heard all this and began trying to find a way to kill Jesus. They were afraid of him, because all the people were amazed at his teaching. 19 That evening, Jesus and his followers[d] left the city.

The Power of Faith

20 The next morning as Jesus was passing by with his followers, they saw the fig tree dry and dead, even to the roots. 21 Peter remembered the tree and said to Jesus, “Teacher, look! The fig tree you cursed is dry and dead!”

22 Jesus answered, “Have faith in God. 23 I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, fall into the sea.’ And if you have no doubts in your mind and believe that what you say will happen, God will do it for you. 24 So I tell you to believe that you have received the things you ask for in prayer, and God will give them to you. 25 When you are praying, if you are angry with someone, forgive him so that your Father in heaven will also forgive your sins. [ 26 But if you don’t forgive other people, then your Father in heaven will not forgive your sins.]”[e]

Leaders Doubt Jesus’ Authority

27 Jesus and his followers went again to Jerusalem. As Jesus was walking in the Temple, the leading priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders came to him. 28 They said to him, “What authority do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

29 Jesus answered, “I will ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you what authority I have to do these things. 30 Tell me: When John baptized people, was that authority from God or just from other people?”

31 They argued about Jesus’ question, saying, “If we answer, ‘John’s baptism was from God,’ Jesus will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ 32 But if we say, ‘It was from other people,’ the crowd will be against us.” (These leaders were afraid of the people, because all the people believed that John was a prophet.)

33 So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

Jesus said to them, “Then I won’t tell you what authority I have to do these things.”

Footnotes

  1. 11:10 Praise Literally, “Hosanna,” a Hebrew word used at first in praying to God for help, but at this time it was probably a shout of joy used in praising God or his Messiah.
  2. 11:17 ‘My Temple . . . nations.’ Quotation from Isaiah 56:7.
  3. 11:17 ‘hideout for robbers’ Quotation from Jeremiah 7:11.
  4. 11:19 his followers Some Greek copies mention only Jesus here.
  5. 11:26 But . . . sins. Some Greek copies do not contain the bracketed text.