New Testament in a Year

The Triumphal Entry

11 And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples ² and said to them, “Go into the village before you, and right away as you^[a] enter into it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.^{[b] 3} And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say^[c] ‘The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.’” ⁴ And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. ⁵ And some of those who were standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” ⁶ So they told them, just as Jesus had said, and they allowed them to take it.^{[d] 7} And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and he sat on it. ⁸ And many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread^[e] leafy branches they^[f] had cut from the fields. ⁹ And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting,

¹¹ And he went into Jerusalem to the temple, and after^[i] looking around at everything, because^[j] the hour was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

A Barren Fig Tree Cursed

¹² And on the next day as^[k] they were departing from Bethany, he was hungry. ¹³ And when he^[l] saw from a distance a fig tree that had leaves, he went to see if perhaps he would find anything on it. And when he^[m] came up to it he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs. ¹⁴ And he responded and^[n] said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you any more forever!”^[o] And his disciples heard it.^[p]

The Cleansing of the Temple

¹⁵ And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered into the temple courts^[q] and^[r] began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple courts,^[s] and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling doves. ¹⁶ And he did not permit anyone to carry objects^[t] through the temple courts.^{[u] 17} And he began to teach^[v] and was saying to them, “Is it not written,

but you have made it a cave of robbers!” ¹⁸ And the chief priests and the scribes heard it,^[x] and began considering^[y] how they could destroy him. For they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was astounded by his teaching.