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Matthew 21
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Matthew 21
King James Version
21 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Matthæus 21
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Matthæus 21
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Messias’ indtog i Jerusalem(A)
21 Da de nærmede sig landsbyen Betfage på Olivenbjergets skråning tæt ved Jerusalem, sagde Jesus til to af sine disciple: 2 „Gå hen til den landsby, I ser foran jer. Der vil I hurtigt få øje på et æsel, som står bundet med sit føl ved siden af. Løs æslet og kom hen til mig med dem. 3 Hvis nogen stiller jer spørgsmål, skal I bare sige: Herren har brug for dem, men han vil straks sende dem tilbage.”
4 På den måde gik det i opfyldelse, som Gud havde talt gennem profeten:
5 „Sig til Jerusalems indbyggere:
Se, jeres konge er på vej!
Han er ydmyg og rider på et hanæsel—
det er et æselføl.”[a]
6 De to disciple gjorde, som Jesus havde sagt. 7 De hentede hunæslet og det unge hanæsel og lagde deres kapper på dem, hvorefter Jesus satte sig op på æselføllet. 8 Mange mennesker i mængden bredte deres kapper ud på vejen foran ham, mens andre lagde palmegrene ud, alt sammen for at hylde ham. 9 Og både de, der gik foran, og de, der gik bagved, råbte:
„Hoshana,[b] Davids Søn!
Velsignet er den, som kommer i Herrens navn!
Hoshana til Gud i det Højeste!”
10 Der blev røre i hele Jerusalem, da Jesus kom ind i byen. „Hvem er han?” spurgte folk. 11 „Det er Jesus,” lød det fra dem i optoget, „profeten fra Nazaret i Galilæa!”
Den sidste tempeludrensning(B)
12 Jesus gik senere ind på tempelpladsen og begyndte at jage alle de handlende og deres kunder ud. Han væltede valutahandlernes[c] borde og duesælgernes bænke og råbte til dem: 13 „Skriften siger, at ‚mit hus skal være et bønnens hus’,[d] men I gør det til ‚et tilholdssted for røvere’.[e]”
14 Blinde og lamme mennesker blev ført hen til ham på tempelpladsen, og han helbredte dem. 15 Men da ypperstepræsterne og de skriftlærde så de mange helbredelsesmirakler og hørte børnene løbe omkring og råbe: „Priset være Davids Søn!”, blev de rasende og sagde til Jesus: 16 „Hører du ikke, hvad børnene råber?”
„Jo, det har jeg hørt,” sagde han. „Men I har måske aldrig læst det sted i Skrifterne, hvor der står: ‚Du har fået småbørn til at lovprise din herlighed’?”[f]
17 Så forlod han dem og gik ud af byen til Betania, hvor han overnattede.
Figentræet uden frugt(C)
18 Tidligt om morgenen på vej ind til Jerusalem, blev Jesus sulten. 19 Han fik øje på et figentræ, der stod ved vejen, og gik hen for at se, om der var nogen frugter på det. Men der var kun blade. Så sagde han til træet: „Aldrig mere skal du bære frugt!”[g] Og straks visnede træet.
20 Da disciplene så det, var de forbløffede. „Hvordan kunne det træ visne så hurtigt?” spurgte de.
21 Jesus svarede: „Det siger jeg jer: Hvis I tror uden at tvivle, så vil I ikke blot kunne gøre sådan med et figentræ, men I vil endog kunne sige til det ‚bjerg’ her: ‚Flyt dig ud i havet!’ Og så vil det ske. 22 I skal få alt, hvad I beder om, hvis I tror.”
De jødiske lederes uærlighed(D)
23 Da Jesus var nået frem til templet og var i gang med at undervise, kom ypperstepræsterne og andre af de jødiske ledere hen og konfronterede ham. „Hvem har givet dig lov til at gøre det, du gør her i templet?”
24 „Lad mig først stille jer et spørgsmål,” svarede Jesus. „Hvis I svarer mig på det, skal jeg gerne fortælle jer, hvem der har givet mig lov til at gøre det, jeg gør her. 25 Hvem gav Johannes Døber ret til at døbe? Var han udsendt af Gud, eller var han ikke?”
De drøftede så indbyrdes, hvad de skulle svare. „Hvis vi siger, at Johannes var sendt af Gud, så vil han spørge, hvorfor vi ikke troede på ham. 26 Og hvis vi siger, at han ikke var sendt af Gud, så falder hele hoben over os, for de tror alle sammen, at Johannes var en profet.”
27 Til sidst sagde de: „Det ved vi ikke.”
„Så vil jeg heller ikke fortælle jer, hvem der har givet mig lov til at gøre det, jeg gør her.”
De jødiske lederes hykleriske ulydighed
28 „Hvad mener I så om følgende historie?” fortsatte Jesus: „Der var en mand, der havde to sønner. En dag sagde han til den ene af sønnerne: ‚Gå ud og arbejd i vingården.’ 29 ‚Nej, det vil jeg ikke,’ svarede sønnen, men lidt senere ombestemte han sig og gik alligevel derud. 30 Faderen gik også til den anden søn med den samme anmodning. ‚Det skal jeg nok!’ svarede sønnen, men han gik alligevel ikke derud. 31 Hvem af de to gjorde, hvad faderen havde bedt dem om?”
„Det gjorde den første,” svarede de.
„Det siger jeg jer: Bedragere og prostituerede kommer lettere ind i Guds rige, end I gør. 32 For Johannes Døber forkyndte, at I skulle ændre jeres indstilling, men det ville I ikke. Derimod var både bedragere og prostituerede villige til at ændre indstilling. Det så I godt, men alligevel ombestemte I jer ikke.”
Jesus afslører de jødiske lederes ondskab(E)
33 „Lad mig fortælle jer en anden historie,” fortsatte Jesus. „Der var en landmand, som ville dyrke vindruer på sin mark. Han tilplantede marken, lavede et stengærde omkring den og byggede et vagttårn for at beskytte den mod røvere. Så udhuggede han et bassin i klippegrunden, hvor saften kunne presses af druerne. Derefter lejede han sin vinmark ud til nogle forpagtere og rejste selv til udlandet. 34 Ved høsttid sendte han nogle af sine folk derhen, for at de kunne få udleveret den del af druehøsten, der tilfaldt ham. 35 Men forpagterne overfaldt dem. En slog de til jorden, en anden dræbte de, og en tredje stenede de.
36 Så sendte ejeren endnu flere af sine folk af sted, for at de kunne opkræve hans del af høsten. Men resultatet var det samme. 37 Til sidst sendte han sin søn, for han tænkte: ‚Min søn må de da respektere.’ 38 Men da forpagterne fik øje på sønnen, sagde de til hinanden: ‚Der har vi ham, der skal arve det hele. Kom, lad os gøre det af med ham, så vi kan få arven.’ 39 Så greb de ham, trak ham uden for vingården og slog ham ihjel.”
40 Jesus afsluttede historien med et spørgsmål: „Når nu ejeren selv kommer, hvad vil han så gøre med forpagterne?”
41 De svarede: „Han vil slå de onde mennesker ihjel, og så vil han forpagte ejendommen bort til andre, som vil give ham hans del af høsten, når tiden er inde.”
42 Så spurgte Jesus dem: „Har I aldrig læst, hvad der står skrevet:
‚Den sten, bygmestrene kasserede,
er blevet selve hjørnestenen.
Det er Herren, der har gjort det,
og det er forunderligt at se.’[h]?”
43 Og han fortsatte: „Derfor siger jeg jer: Guds rige skal tages fra jer og gives til et folk, som vil gøre, hvad Gud beder dem om. 44 De, der snubler over denne sten, vil slå sig fordærvet, men dem stenen falder på, vil blive knust.”
45 Ypperstepræsterne og farisæerne forstod udmærket, at historierne handlede om dem. 46 De ville gerne have anholdt ham på stedet, men de var bange for, hvad folkeskaren så ville gøre, for alle anså ham for at være en profet.
Footnotes
- 21,5 Zak. 9,9.
- 21,9 Folkeskaren hentyder til de kendte ord i Sl. 118,25-26, der oprindeligt var en velsignelse til dem, som var på vej til templet for at fejre den store påskefest. Her bliver ordene til en velkomsthyldest til Jesus som den konge, der skulle genoprette Davids faldne storhedsrige. Det hebraiske Hoshi’ah na i Sl. 118,25 og variant formen Hosha-na, som vi møder her, betyder egentlig „Frels (os)!” men er også et hyldestråb til den konge, som nu er på vej. Jøderne havde en stærk længsel efter en konge, der kunne frigøre dem fra romernes overherredømme.
- 21,12 De romerske mønter var præget med et billede. Jøderne havde et religiøst forbud mod alle billeder, så mønter med billede på kunne ikke bruges som gave til templet. Derfor skulle de almindelige romerske mønter veksles til de mere sjældne israelitiske mønter uden billeder på. Mattæus følger hebraisk fortællestil, hvor sammenhængen i temaerne er vigtigere end kronologien. Udrensningen skete først om mandagen, efter de begivenheder, som Mattæus fortæller om i næste afsnit.
- 21,13 Es. 56,7.
- 21,13 Jer. 7,11.
- 21,16 Sl. 8,3a. Teksten i Sl. 8,3b fortsætter: „for at lukke munden på dine modstandere.”
- 21,19 Det er en symbolsk, profetisk handling, som har en åndelig betydning. Figentræet er billede på de daværende jødiske ledere, som havde megen udvendig pragt, men der var ingen åndelig frugt.
- 21,42 Sl. 118,22-23.
Mateo 21
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Mateo 21
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21 Y COMO se acercaron á Jerusalem, y vinieron á Bethfagé, al monte de las Olivas, entonces Jesús envió dos discípulos,
2 Diciéndoles: Id á la aldea que está delante de vosotros, y luego hallaréis una asna atada, y un pollino con ella: desatadla, y traédmelos.
3 Y si alguno os dijere algo, decid: El Señor los ha menester. Y luego los dejará.
4 Y todo esto fué hecho, para que se cumpliese lo que fué dicho por el profeta, que dijo:
5 Decid á la hija de Sión:
He aquí, tu Rey viene á ti,
Manso, y sentado sobre una asna,
Y sobre un pollino, hijo de animal de yugo.
6 Y los discípulos fueron, é hicieron como Jesús les mandó;
7 Y trajeron el asna y el pollino, y pusieron sobre ellos sus mantos; y se sentó sobre ellos.
8 Y la compañía, que era muy numerosa, tendía sus mantos en el camino: y otros cortaban ramos de los árboles, y los tendían por el camino.
9 Y las gentes que iban delante, y las que iban detrás, aclamaban diciendo: ¡Hosanna al Hijo de David! ¡Bendito el que viene en el nombre del Señor! ¡Hosanna en las alturas!
10 Y entrando él en Jerusalem, toda la ciudad se alborotó, diciendo. ¿Quién es éste?
11 Y las gentes decían: Este es Jesús, el profeta, de Nazaret de Galilea.
12 Y entró Jesús en el templo de Dios, y echó fuera todos los que vendían y compraban en el templo, y trastornó las mesas de los cambiadores, y las sillas de los que vendían palomas;
13 Y les dice: Escrito está: Mi casa, casa de oración será llamada; mas vosotros cueva de ladrones la habéis hecho.
14 Entonces vinieron á él ciegos y cojos en el templo, y los sanó.
15 Mas los príncipes de los sacerdotes y los escribas, viendo las maravillas que hacía, y á los muchachos aclamando en el templo y diciendo: ¡Hosanna al Hijo de David! se indignaron,
16 Y le dijeron: ¿Oyes lo que éstos dicen? Y Jesús les dice: Sí: ¿nunca leísteis: De la boca de los niños y de los que maman perfeccionaste la alabanza?
17 Y dejándolos, se salió fuera de la ciudad, á Bethania; y posó allí.
18 Y por la mañana volviendo á la ciudad, tuvo hambre.
19 Y viendo una higuera cerca del camino, vino á ella, y no halló nada en ella, sino hojas solamente, y le dijo: Nunca más para siempre nazca de ti fruto. Y luego se secó la higuera.
20 Y viendo esto los discípulos, maravillados decían: ¿Cómo se secó luego la higuera?
21 Y respondiendo Jesús les dijo: De cierto os digo, que si tuviereis fe, y no dudareis, no sólo haréis esto de la higuera: mas si á este monte dijereis: Quítate y échate en la mar, será hecho.
22 Y todo lo que pidiereis en oración, creyendo, lo recibiréis.
23 Y como vino al templo, llegáronse á él cuando estaba enseñando, los príncipes de los sacerdotes y los ancianos del pueblo, diciendo. ¿Con qué autoridad haces esto? ¿y quién te dió esta autoridad?
24 Y respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Yo también os preguntaré una palabra, la cual si me dijereis, también yo os diré con qué autoridad hago esto.
25 El bautismo de Juan, ¿de dónde era? ¿del cielo, ó de los hombres? Ellos entonces pensaron entre sí, diciendo: Si dijéremos, del cielo, nos dirá: ¿Por qué pues no le creísteis?
26 Y si dijéremos, de los hombres, tememos al pueblo; porque todos tienen á Juan por profeta.
27 Y respondiendo á Jesús, dijeron: No sabemos. Y él también les dijo: Ni yo os digo con qué autoridad hago esto.
28 Mas, ¿qué os parece? Un hombre tenía dos hijos, y llegando al primero, le dijo: Hijo, ve hoy á trabajar en mi viña.
29 Y respondiendo él, dijo: No quiero; mas después, arrepentido, fué.
30 Y llegando al otro, le dijo de la misma manera; y respondiendo él, dijo: Yo, señor, voy. Y no fué.
31 ¿Cuál de los dos hizo la voluntad de su padre? Dicen ellos: El primero. Díceles Jesús: De cierto os digo, que los publicanos y las rameras os van delante al reino de Dios.
32 Porque vino á vosotros Juan en camino de justicia, y no le creísteis; y los publicanos y las rameras le creyeron; y vosotros, viendo esto, no os arrepentisteis después para creerle.
33 Oíd otra parábola: Fué un hombre, padre de familia, el cual plantó una viña; y la cercó de vallado, y cavó en ella un lagar, y edificó una torre, y la dió á renta á labradores, y se partió lejos.
34 Y cuando se acercó el tiempo de los frutos, envió sus siervos á los labradores, para que recibiesen sus frutos.
35 Mas los labradores, tomando á los siervos, al uno hirieron, y al otro mataron, y al otro apedrearon.
36 Envió de nuevo otros siervos, más que los primeros; é hicieron con ellos de la misma manera.
37 Y á la postre les envió su hijo, diciendo: Tendrán respeto á mi hijo.
38 Mas los labradores, viendo al hijo, dijeron entre sí: Este es el heredero; venid, matémosle, y tomemos su heredad.
39 Y tomado, le echaron fuera de la viña, y le mataron.
40 Pues cuando viniere el señor de la viña, ¿qué hará á aquellos labradores?
41 Dícenle: á los malos destruirá miserablemente, y su viña dará á renta á otros labradores, que le paguen el fruto á sus tiempos.
42 Díceles Jesús: ¿Nunca leísteis en las Escrituras:
La piedra que desecharon los que edificaban,
Esta fué hecha por cabeza de esquina:
Por el Señor es hecho esto,
Y es cosa maravillosa en nuestros ojos?
43 Por tanto os digo, que el reino de Dios será quitado de vosotros, y será dado á gente que haga los frutos de él.
44 Y el que cayere sobre esta piedra, será quebrantado; y sobre quien ella cayere, le desmenuzará.
45 Y oyendo los príncipes de los sacerdotes y los Fariseos sus parábolas, entendieron que hablaba de ellos.
46 Y buscando cómo echarle mano, temieron al pueblo; porque le tenían por profeta.
Matthew 21
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Matthew 21
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Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King(A)(B)
21 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives,(C) 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(D) 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.’”[a](E)
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(F) 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,
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet(J) from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Jesus at the Temple(K)
12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying(L) and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers(M) and the benches of those selling doves.(N) 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[e](O) but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’[f]”(P)
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.(Q) 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,”(R) they were indignant.(S)
16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.
“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,
17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany,(U) where he spent the night.
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree(V)
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.(W)
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,(X) 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(Y) in prayer.”
The Authority of Jesus Questioned(Z)
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(AA) 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.”(AB)
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.
The Parable of the Two Sons
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.’(AC)
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(AD) and the prostitutes(AE) are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness,(AF) and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors(AG) and the prostitutes(AH) did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent(AI) and believe him.
The Parable of the Tenants(AJ)
33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted(AK) a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower.(AL) Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.(AM) 34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants(AN) to the tenants to collect his fruit.
35 “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.(AO) 36 Then he sent other servants(AP) 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.(AQ) Come, let’s kill him(AR) and take his inheritance.’(AS) 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,”(AT) they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants,(AU) 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’[h]?(AV)
43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you(AW) 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.”[i](AX)
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.(AY)
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:5 Zech. 9:9
- Matthew 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15
- Matthew 21:9 Psalm 118:25,26
- Matthew 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15
- Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 56:7
- Matthew 21:13 Jer. 7:11
- Matthew 21:16 Psalm 8:2 (see Septuagint)
- Matthew 21:42 Psalm 118:22,23
- Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts do not have verse 44.
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