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Đức Giê-su Vào Thành Giê-ru-sa-lem(A)

11 Khi họ gần đến Bết-pha-giê và Bê-tha-ni tại núi Ô-liu gần thành Giê-ru-sa-lem, Đức Giê-su sai hai môn đệ đi trước, và dặn rằng: “Hãy vào làng đối diện các con, vừa đến nơi các con sẽ thấy một con lừa con chưa ai cưỡi đang cột tại đó. Hãy mở ra và dắt về đây. Nếu có ai hỏi: ‘Tại sao các anh làm vậy?’ Hãy bảo họ: ‘Chúa cần dùng nó, rồi sẽ trả lại đây ngay.’ ”

Họ đi và thấy một con lừa con đang cột trước cửa một căn nhà bên đường. Họ mở lừa ra. Vài người trong số người đứng đó hỏi: “Các anh mở lừa con này làm gì?” Hai môn đệ trả lời như Đức Giê-su đã dặn, thì người ta để cho họ đi. Họ đem lừa về cho Đức Giê-su, trải áo mình trên nó, rồi Ngài ngồi lên. Nhiều người trải áo mình trên đường, người khác trải lá cây vừa chặt ngoài đồng. Người đi trước, kẻ theo sau đều tung hô:

“Hô-sa-na![a]
Phước cho Đấng nhân danh Chúa mà đến!
10 Phước cho vương quốc sắp đến của vua Đa-vít, tổ phụ chúng ta!
Hô-sa-na trên nơi chí cao!”

11 Đức Giê-su đến Giê-ru-sa-lem, đi vào đền thờ và quan sát mọi vật chung quanh. Lúc ấy trời đã tối nên Ngài và mười hai môn đệ đi về Bê-tha-ni.

Cây Vả Chết Khô(B)

12 Ngày hôm sau, khi họ rời làng Bê-tha-ni, Đức Giê-su cảm thấy đói. 13 Từ xa Ngài thấy một cây vả đầy lá nên đến tìm xem thử có trái nào không, nhưng khi đến nơi Ngài chỉ thấy lá vì lúc ấy chưa phải là mùa vả. 14 Đức Giê-su bảo cây vả rằng: “Từ nay về sau sẽ không một ai ăn trái của mày nữa.” Và các môn đệ Ngài đều nghe lời ấy.

Đức Giê-su Vào Đền Thờ(C)

15 Họ đến Giê-ru-sa-lem, khi vào đền thờ Đức Giê-su bắt đầu đuổi những người mua bán trong đền thờ. Ngài lật đổ bàn của bọn đổi tiền và ghế của những kẻ bán bồ câu. 16 Ngài cấm không cho ai đem đồ vật qua lại trong đền thờ. 17 Rồi Ngài truyền dạy họ: “Không phải Kinh Thánh đã chép rằng:

‘Nhà Ta sẽ gọi là
    Nhà cầu nguyện cho mọi dân tộc sao?’

Nhưng các ngươi đã biến thành hang trộm cướp!”

18 Các thượng tế và các giáo sư Kinh Luật nghe được điều này thì tìm cách diệt Ngài vì họ sợ Ngài, bởi cả đoàn dân ngưỡng mộ sự giáo huấn của Ngài.

19 Tối đến, Đức Giê-su và các môn đệ rời khỏi thành phố.

Bài Học Cây Vả(D)

20 Sáng hôm sau, khi đi ngang qua đó, họ thấy cây vả đã chết khô đến tận rễ. 21 Phê-rơ nhớ lại nên thưa cùng Đức Giê-su: “Thưa Thầy xem kìa, cây vả mà Thầy quở đã chết khô rồi.”

22 Đức Giê-su trả lời: “Hãy có đức tin nơi Đức Chúa Trời. 23 Thật, Ta nói cùng các con, ai bảo ngọn núi này: Hãy cất lên và ném xuống biển mà lòng không chút nghi ngờ, nhưng tin những gì mình nói sẽ xảy ra thì sẽ đạt được. 24 Vì thế, Ta bảo các con, bất cứ điều gì các con cầu nguyện và nài xin, hãy tin mình đã được thì các con sẽ được như vậy. 25 Khi đang đứng cầu nguyện, nếu có điều gì bất bình với ai, các con hãy tha thứ, để Cha các con trên trời cũng tha thứ lỗi lầm cho các con. 26 Nếu các con không tha lỗi cho người khác, thì Cha các con ở trên trời cũng không tha thứ những lỗi lầm cho các con.”[b]

Thẩm Quyền Của Đức Giê-su(E)

27 Họ lại lên Giê-ru-sa-lem. Khi Đức Giê-su đang đi trong đền thờ, các thượng tế, các giáo sư Kinh Luật, và các trưởng lão đến hỏi Ngài: 28 “Bởi thẩm quyền nào Thầy làm những việc này? Ai cho Thầy thẩm quyền để có thể làm những việc đó?”

29 Đức Giê-su trả lời: “Ta hỏi các ông một câu, các ông hãy trả lời cho Ta, rồi Ta sẽ tỏ cho các ông rõ bởi thẩm quyền nào Ta làm những việc này: 30 ‘Giăng nhận thẩm quyền làm phép báp-tem từ Trời, hay từ người? Hãy trả lời cho Ta.’ ”

31 Họ bàn luận với nhau: “Nếu chúng ta trả lời ‘từ Đức Chúa Trời’ thì người sẽ nói: ‘Vậy tại sao các người không tin lời Giăng?’ 32 Nhưng chúng ta không thể nói: ‘Từ người?’ (Họ sợ dân chúng, vì mọi người đều tin rằng Giăng chính là vị tiên tri.)

33 Nên họ trả lời Ngài: ‘Chúng tôi không biết.’ ” Đức Giê-su bảo: “Ta cũng sẽ không nói cho các người bởi thẩm quyền nào Ta làm những việc này.”

Footnotes

  1. 11:9 Xin Chúa cứu
  2. 11:26 Một số bản cổ không có câu này

11 As they neared Bethphage and Bethany on the outskirts of Jerusalem and came to the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead.

“Go into that village over there,” he told them, “and just as you enter you will see a colt tied up that has never been ridden. Untie him and bring him here. And if anyone asks you what you are doing, just say, ‘Our Master needs him and will return him soon.’”

4-5 Off went the two men and found the colt standing in the street, tied outside a house. As they were untying it, some who were standing there demanded, “What are you doing, untying that colt?”

So they said what Jesus had told them to, and then the men agreed.

So the colt was brought to Jesus, and the disciples threw their cloaks across its back for him to ride on. Then many in the crowd spread out their coats along the road before him, while others threw down leafy branches from the fields.

He was in the center of the procession with crowds ahead and behind, and all of them shouting, “Hail to the King!” “Praise God for him who comes in the name of the Lord!” . . . 10 “Praise God for the return of our father David’s kingdom. . . . ” “Hail to the King of the universe!”

11 And so he entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple. He looked around carefully at everything and then left—for now it was late in the afternoon—and went out to Bethany with the twelve disciples.

12 The next morning as they left Bethany, he felt hungry. 13 A little way off he noticed a fig tree in full leaf, so he went over to see if he could find any figs on it. But no, there were only leaves, for it was too early in the season for fruit.

14 Then Jesus said to the tree, “You shall never bear fruit again!” And the disciples heard him say it.

15 When they arrived back in Jerusalem, he went to the Temple and began to drive out the merchants and their customers, and knocked over the tables of the money changers and the stalls of those selling doves, 16 and stopped everyone from bringing in loads of merchandise.

17 He told them, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple is to be a place of prayer for all nations,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers.”

18 When the chief priests and other Jewish leaders heard what he had done, they began planning how best to get rid of him. Their problem was their fear of riots because the people were so enthusiastic about Jesus’ teaching.

19 That evening as usual they left the city.

20 Next morning, as the disciples passed the fig tree he had cursed, they saw that it was withered from the roots! 21 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree on the previous day and exclaimed, “Look, Teacher! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”

22-23 In reply Jesus said to the disciples, “If you only have faith in God—this is the absolute truth—you can say to this Mount of Olives, ‘Rise up and fall into the Mediterranean,’ and your command will be obeyed. All that’s required is that you really believe and have no doubt! 24 Listen to me! You can pray for anything, and if you believe, you have it; it’s yours! 25 But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive you your sins too.”

26-28 [a]By this time they had arrived in Jerusalem again, and as he was walking through the Temple area, the chief priests and other Jewish leaders came up to him demanding, “What’s going on here? Who gave you the authority to drive out the merchants?”

29 Jesus replied, “I’ll tell you if you answer one question! 30 What about John the Baptist? Was he sent by God, or not? Answer me!”

31 They talked it over among themselves. “If we reply that God sent him, then he will say, ‘All right, why didn’t you accept him?’ 32 But if we say God didn’t send him, then the people will start a riot.” (For the people all believed strongly that John was a prophet.)

33 So they said, “We can’t answer. We don’t know.”

To which Jesus replied, “Then I won’t answer your question either!”

Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:26 Many ancient authorities add v. 26: “But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.” All include this in Matthew 6:15. other Jewish leaders, literally, “scribes and elders.” Also in 12:12.

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King(A)(B)

11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany(C) at the Mount of Olives,(D) Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden.(E) Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”

They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway.(F) As they untied it, some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,

“Hosanna![a]

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[b](G)

10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”

“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”(H)

11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.(I)

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts(J)(K)(L)

12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.(M) 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.

15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. 17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’[c]?(N) But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[d](O)

18 The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him,(P) because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.(Q)

19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples[e] went out of the city.(R)

20 In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi,(S) look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”

22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly[f] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.(T) 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.(U) 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”(V) [26] [g]

The Authority of Jesus Questioned(W)

27 They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him. 28 “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you authority to do this?”

29 Jesus replied, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 30 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin? Tell me!”

31 They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ 32 But if we say, ‘Of human origin’ …” (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)(X)

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

Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 10
  2. Mark 11:9 Psalm 118:25,26
  3. Mark 11:17 Isaiah 56:7
  4. Mark 11:17 Jer. 7:11
  5. Mark 11:19 Some early manuscripts came, Jesus
  6. Mark 11:23 Some early manuscripts “If you have faith in God,” Jesus answered, 23 “truly
  7. Mark 11:26 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Matt. 6:15.

11 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,

And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.

And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.

15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.

20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?

29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.

31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.