Luke 19:28-20:18

English Standard Version

The Triumphal Entry

²⁸ And when he had said these things, ^(A)he went on ahead, ^(B)going up to Jerusalem. ^29 (C)When he drew near to Bethphage and ^(D)Bethany, at ^(E)the mount that is called Olivet, he sent ^(F)two of the disciples, ³⁰ saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, ^(G)on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” ³² So those who were sent went away and found it ^(H)just as he had told them. ³³ And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” ³⁴ And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” ³⁵ And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. ³⁶ And as he rode along, they ^(I)spread their cloaks on the road. ³⁷ As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—^(J)the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice ^(K)for all the mighty works that they had seen, ³⁸ saying, ^(L)“Blessed is ^(M)the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and ^(N)glory in the highest!” ^39 (O)And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” ⁴⁰ He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, ^(P)the very stones would cry out.”

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

^41 (Q)And when he drew near and saw the city, ^(R)he wept over it, ⁴² saying, ^(S)“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now ^(T)they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For ^(U)the days will come upon you, when your enemies ^(V)will set up a barricade around you and ^(W)surround you and hem you in on every side ^44 (X)and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And ^(Y)they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know ^(Z)the time of your ^(AA)visitation.”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

^45 (AB)And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, ⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written, ^(AC)‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but ^(AD)you have made it a den of robbers.”

^47 (AE)And he was teaching daily in the temple. ^(AF)The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, ⁴⁸ but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

20 ^(AG)One day, ^(AH)as Jesus^[a] was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, ^(AI)the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up ² and said to him, “Tell us ^(AJ)by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” ³ He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me, ⁴ was the baptism of John ^(AK)from heaven or from man?” ⁵ And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ^(AL)‘Why did you not believe him?’ ⁶ But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was ^(AM)a prophet.” ⁷ So they answered that they did not know where it came from. ⁸ And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

^9 (AN)And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted ^(AO)a vineyard and ^(AP)let it out to tenants and ^(AQ)went into another country for a long while. ¹⁰ When the time came, he sent a servant^[b] to the tenants, so that ^(AR)they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^(AS)But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ^11 (AT)And ^(AU)he sent another servant. But they also beat and ^(AV)treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. ^12 (AW)And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. ¹³ Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my ^(AX)beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ ¹⁴ But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^(AY)‘This is the heir. ^(AZ)Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ ¹⁵ And they ^(BA)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ^16 (BB)He will ^(BC)come and destroy those tenants and ^(BD)give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” ¹⁷ But he ^(BE)looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

^18 (BG)Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls ^(BH)on anyone, it will crush him.”