Matthew 21, side by side

¹As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

¹And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

²saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

²Saying 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.

³If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

³And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

⁴This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

⁴All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

⁵“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

⁵Tell 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.

⁶So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

⁶And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

⁷They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

⁷And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

⁸A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

⁸And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

⁹The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

⁹And 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.

¹⁰When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

¹⁰And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

¹¹The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

¹¹And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

¹²Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

¹²And 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,

¹³And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

¹³And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

¹⁴The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

¹⁴And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

¹⁵But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

¹⁵And 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“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

¹⁶And 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?

¹⁷Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

¹⁷And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

¹⁸In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

¹⁸Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

¹⁹Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

¹⁹And 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.

²⁰When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

²⁰And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

²¹“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

²¹Jesus 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.

²²If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

²²And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

²³When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

²³And 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“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

²⁴And 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.

²⁵What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

²⁵The 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?

²⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

²⁶But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

²⁷So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

²⁷And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

²⁸But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

²⁸But 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‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

²⁹He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

³⁰Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

³⁰And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

³¹Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

³¹Whether 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.

³²For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

³²For 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.

³³Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

³³Hear 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:

³⁴When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

³⁴And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

³⁵But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

³⁵And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

³⁶Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

³⁶Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

³⁷Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

³⁷But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

³⁸But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

³⁸But 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.

³⁹So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

³⁹And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

⁴⁰Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

⁴⁰When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

⁴¹“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

⁴¹They 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.

⁴²Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

⁴²Jesus 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?

⁴³Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

⁴³Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

⁴⁴He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

⁴⁴And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

⁴⁵When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

⁴⁵And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

⁴⁶Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

⁴⁶But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.