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21 ¶ Yo t'ap pwoche bò lavil Jerizalèm, yo te gen tan rive nan bouk Betfaje, toupre mòn Oliv la. Lè sa a, Jezi voye de nan disip li yo,

li di yo: Ale nan bouk ki devan nou an. Kou n'a rive, n'a jwenn yon manman bourik mare, ak yon jenn ti bourik avèk li. Lage yo, mennen yo ban mwen.

Si yon moun di nou kichòy, n'a reponn: Se Mèt la ki bezwen yo. Menm lè a, la kite nou ale ak yo.

Sa te rive konsa pou pawòl pwofèt la te di a te ka rive vre:

Ale di moun lavil Siyon yo: Gade, men wa nou an ap vin jwenn nou. Li san lògèy, li moute yon bourik, yon ti bourik dèyè manman.

Disip yo ale, yo fè tou sa Jezi te bay yo lòd fè a.

Yo mennen manman bourik la ak jenn ti bourik la, yo mete rad yo sou bèt yo, epi Jezi moute chita.

Yon foul moun te tann rad yo atè sou tout chemen an. Gen lòt menm ki te koupe branch bwa, yo mete yo atè nan chemen an.

Ni foul moun ki t'ap mache devan Jezi a, ni moun ki t'ap mache dèyè l' yo, yo tout t'ap rele: Lwanj pou Pitit David la! Benediksyon pou Moun ki vini nan non Mèt la. Lwanj pou Bondye jouk anwo nan syèl la!

10 Lè Jezi antre lavil Jerizalèm, tout lavil la te tèt anba. Moun yo t'ap mande: Ki moun nonm sa a ye menm?

11 Foul moun yo menm t'ap reponn yo: Se pwofèt Jezi, moun Nazarèt nan peyi Galile a.

12 ¶ Jezi antre nan tanp Bondye a, li chase tout moun ki t'ap vann ak tout moun ki t'ap achte nan tanp lan. Li chavire tab moun ki t'ap chanje lajan yo ansanm ak chèz moun ki t'ap vann pijon yo.

13 Apre sa, li di yo; Men sa ki ekri: y'a rele kay mwen an kay kote pou moun vin lapriyè nan pye m'. Men nou menm, nou fè l' tounen yon kachèt pou vòlè.

14 Kèk avèg ak kèk enfim nan pye pwoche bò kote Jezi nan tanp lan. Li geri yo.

15 Men, chèf prèt yo ak dirèktè lalwa yo te fache anpil lè yo wè bèl bagay li t'ap fè, lè yo tande timoun yo ki t'ap rele nan tanp lan: Lwanj pou Pitit David la!

16 Yo di Jezi konsa: Eske ou pa tande sa y'ap di? Jezi reponn yo: M' tande wi. Eske nou pa janm li pawòl sa a nan Liv la: Ou fè timoun piti ak tibebe nan tete fè gwo lwanj pou ou?

17 Apre sa, li kite yo, li soti lavil la, li ale Betani. Se la li pase nwit lan.

18 ¶ Nan denmen maten, antan yo t'ap tounen lavil Jerizalèm, Jezi te grangou.

19 Li wè yon pye fig frans bò wout la, li pwoche bò kote l'. Men se fèy ase li jwenn. Lè sa a, Jezi di pye fig frans lan: Ou p'ap janm donnen ankò. Menm lè a, pye fig frans lan cheche.

20 Lè disip yo wè sa, yo pa t' manke sezi, yo di li: Kouman pye fig frans lan fè vin chèch nan yon ti moman?

21 Jezi reponn yo: Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Si nou te gen konfyans nan Bondye, si nou pa t' gen doutans nan kè nou, se pa sèlman sak rive pye fig frans lan nou ta fè. Men, nou ta ka di mòn sa a: Wete kò ou la. Ale jete tèt ou nan lanmè. Sa ta fèt vre.

22 Si nou gen konfyans nan Bondye, n'a resevwa tou sa n'a mande l' lè n'ap lapriyè.

23 ¶ Jezi antre nan tanp lan, li t'ap moutre moun yo anpil bagay. Chèf prèt yo avèk chèf fanmi ki t'ap dirije pèp jwif la vin di li: Ki dwa ou genyen pou w'ap fè tout bagay sa yo? Kilès ki ba ou otorite sa a?

24 Jezi reponn yo: M'ap poze nou yon keksyon mwen menm tou. Si nou reponn mwen, m'a di nou ki dwa mwen genyen pou m' fè bagay sa yo.

25 Ki moun ki te voye Jan batize moun? Bondye osinon moun? Men, yonn t'ap di lòt konsa: Si nou reponn: Se Bondye ki te voye l', la mande nou poukisa nou pa t' kwè l'.

26 Si nou reponn: Se moun ki te voye l', afè nou p'ap bon ak foul moun yo, paske yo tout te pran Jan Batis pou yon bon pwofèt.

27 Apre sa, yo reponn Jezi: Nou pa konnen. Jezi di yo: Enben, mwen menm tou, mwen p'ap di nou ki dwa mwen genyen pou m' fè bagay sa yo.

28 ¶ Sa nou konprann nan sa? Vwala se te yon nonm ki te gen de pitit gason. Li pale ak pi gran an, li di l': Pitit mwen, jòdi a al travay nan jaden rezen an.

29 Pitit la reponn li: Non, mwen pa vle! Men, pita li chanje lide, li ale.

30 Apre sa, papa a pale ak lòt pi piti a, li di l' menm bagay la. Pi piti a reponn li: Wi, papa. Men, li pa janm mete pye li.

31 Kilès nan de pitit yo ki fè volonte papa a? Yo reponn li: Pi gran an. Lè sa a, Jezi di yo: Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Pèseptè kontribisyon ak fanm movèz vi yo va antre nan Peyi kote Bondye wa a anvan nou.

32 Paske, lè Jan Batis te vin bò kote nou, lè li t'ap moutre nou jan pou nou viv dwat devan Bondye a, nou pa t' kwè li. Men, pèseptè kontribisyon ak fanm movèz vi yo te kwè li. Malgre nou te wè sa, nou pa t' chanje lide nou pou n' te kwè nan li tou.

33 ¶ Koute yon lòt parabòl. Vwala se te yon nonm ki te gen anpil tè. Li plante yon jaden rezen. Li fèmen l' ak yon lantouraj, li fouye yon basen pou krase rezen yo. Li bati yon kay pou moun k'ap veye jaden an. Apre sa, li antann li avèk kèk moun pou okipe jaden an pou li, lèfini li pati, li al nan vwayaj.

34 Lè sezon rekòt rezen an rive, li voye domestik li yo chache rezen pa l' bò kote jeran yo.

35 Jeran yo mete men sou domestik yo, yo bat yonn byen bat, yo touye yon lòt, yo touye yon twazyèm ak kout wòch.

36 Mèt jaden an voye lòt domestik ankò, pi plis pase premye fwa a. Jeran yo maltrete yo menm jan an.

37 Apre sa, li voye pwòp pitit gason l' bò kote yo andènye. Li t'ap di nan kè l': Omwens y'a gen respè pou pitit mwen an.

38 Men, lè jeran yo wè pitit la, yonn di lòt: Men eritye a. Vini non, ann touye li. Konsa, jaden an va vin pou nou.

39 Yo mete men sou li, yo jete l' lòt bò jaden an, yo touye li.

40 Bon, lè mèt jaden rezen an vini, kisa li va fè jeran sa yo?

41 Yo reponn li: Li p'ap gen pitye pou yo. La fè touye malveyan sa yo, la pran jaden rezen an bay lòt jeran ki va ba l' pòsyon pa l' nan rekòt la lè sezon an va rive.

42 Apre sa, Jezi di yo: Eske nou pa janm li pawòl sa yo nan Liv la? Wòch moun ki t'ap bati yo te voye jete a, se li menm ki tounen wòch ki kenbe kay la. Sa se travay Mèt la. Se bèl bagay pou nou wè sa.

43 Se poutèt sa mwen di nou: y'a wete Peyi kote Bondye Wa a nan men nou, y'a pran l' bay moun yon lòt nasyon ki va bay rannman pou Peyi Wa a.

44 Moun ki bite sou wòch sa a gen pou kase ren li. Men, si se wòch la menm ki tonbe sou li, li gen pou l' kraze l' an miyèt moso.

45 Lè chèf prèt yo ak farizyen yo tande parabòl sa yo, yo vin konprann se pou yo Jezi t'ap pale.

46 Lè sa a, yo t'ap chache yon jan pou mete men sou li. Men, yo te pè foul moun yo ki te pran Jezi pou yon bon pwofèt.

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, 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. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

This took place to fulfill(D) what was spoken through the prophet:

“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)

The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their cloaks(F) on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,

“Hosanna[b] to the Son of David!”(G)

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

“Hosanna[d] in the highest heaven!”(I)

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,

“‘From the lips of children and infants
    you, Lord, have called forth your praise’[g]?”(T)

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

  1. Matthew 21:5 Zech. 9:9
  2. Matthew 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15
  3. Matthew 21:9 Psalm 118:25,26
  4. Matthew 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15
  5. Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 56:7
  6. Matthew 21:13 Jer. 7:11
  7. Matthew 21:16 Psalm 8:2 (see Septuagint)
  8. Matthew 21:42 Psalm 118:22,23
  9. Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts do not have verse 44.