Matthaeus 21-23
Luther Bibel 1545
21 Da sie nun nahe an Jerusalem kamen, gen Bethphage an den Ölberg, sandte Jesus seiner Jünger zwei
2 und sprach zu ihnen: Gehet hin in den Flecken, der vor euch liegt, und alsbald werdet ihr eine Eselin finden angebunden und ihr Füllen bei ihr; löset sie auf und führet sie zu mir!
3 Und so euch jemand etwas wird sagen, so sprecht: Der HERR bedarf ihrer; sobald wird er sie euch lassen.
4 Das geschah aber alles, auf daß erfüllt würde, was gesagt ist durch den Propheten, der da spricht:
5 "Saget der Tochter Zion: Siehe, dein König kommt zu dir sanftmütig und reitet auf einem Esel und auf einem Füllen der lastbaren Eselin."
6 Die Jünger gingen hin und taten, wie ihnen Jesus befohlen hatte,
7 und brachten die Eselin und das Füllen und legten ihre Kleider darauf und setzten ihn darauf.
8 Aber viel Volks breitete die Kleider auf den Weg; die andern hieben Zweige von den Bäumen und streuten sie auf den Weg.
9 Das Volk aber, das vorging und nachfolgte, schrie und sprach: Hosianna dem Sohn Davids! Gelobt sei, der da kommt in dem Namen des HERRN! Hosianna in der Höhe!
10 Und als er zu Jerusalem einzog, erregte sich die ganze Stadt und sprach: Wer ist der?
11 Das Volk aber sprach: Das ist der Jesus, der Prophet von Nazareth aus Galiläa.
12 Und Jesus ging zum Tempel Gottes hinein und trieb heraus alle Verkäufer und Käufer im Tempel und stieß um der Wechsler Tische und die Stühle der Taubenkrämer
13 und sprach zu ihnen: Es steht geschrieben: "Mein Haus soll ein Bethaus heißen"; ihr aber habt eine Mördergrube daraus gemacht.
14 Und es gingen zu ihm Blinde und Lahme im Tempel, und er heilte sie.
15 Da aber die Hohenpriester und Schriftgelehrten sahen die Wunder, die er tat, und die Kinder, die im Tempel schrieen und sagten: Hosianna dem Sohn Davids! wurden sie entrüstet
16 und sprachen zu ihm: Hörst du auch, was diese sagen? Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Ja! Habt ihr nie gelesen: "Aus dem Munde der Unmündigen und Säuglinge hast du Lob zugerichtet"?
17 Und er ließ sie da und ging zur Stadt hinaus gen Bethanien und blieb daselbst.
18 Als er aber des Morgens wieder in die Stadt ging, hungerte ihn;
19 und er sah einen Feigenbaum am Wege und ging hinzu und fand nichts daran denn allein Blätter und sprach zu ihm: Nun wachse auf dir hinfort nimmermehr eine Frucht! Und der Feigenbaum verdorrte alsbald.
20 Und da das die Jünger sahen, verwunderten sie sich und sprachen: Wie ist der Feigenbaum so bald verdorrt?
21 Jesus aber antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Wahrlich ich sage euch: So ihr Glauben habt und nicht zweifelt, so werdet ihr nicht allein solches mit dem Feigenbaum tun, sondern, so ihr werdet sagen zu diesem Berge: Hebe dich auf und wirf dich ins Meer! so wird's geschehen.
22 Und alles, was ihr bittet im Gebet, so ihr glaubet, werdet ihr's empfangen.
23 Und als er in den Tempel kam, traten zu ihm, als er lehrte, die Hohenpriester und die Ältesten im Volk und sprachen: Aus was für Macht tust du das? und wer hat dir die Macht gegeben?
24 Jesus aber antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Ich will euch auch ein Wort fragen; so ihr mir das sagt, will ich euch auch sagen aus was für Macht ich das tue:
25 Woher war die Taufe des Johannes? War sie vom Himmel oder von den Menschen? Da dachten sie bei sich selbst und sprachen: Sagen wir, sie sei vom Himmel gewesen, so wird er zu uns sagen: Warum glaubtet ihr ihm denn nicht?
26 Sagen wir aber, sie sei von Menschen gewesen, so müssen wir uns vor dem Volk fürchten; denn sie halten alle Johannes für einen Propheten.
27 Und sie antworteten Jesu und sprachen: Wir wissen's nicht. Da sprach er zu ihnen: So sage ich euch auch nicht, aus was für Macht ich das tue.
28 Was dünkt euch aber? Es hatte ein Mann zwei Söhne und ging zu dem ersten und sprach: Mein Sohn, gehe hin und arbeite heute in meinem Weinberg.
29 Er antwortete aber und sprach: Ich will's nicht tun. Darnach reute es ihn und er ging hin.
30 Und er ging zum andern und sprach gleichalso. Er antwortete aber und sprach: Herr, ja! -und ging nicht hin.
31 Welcher unter den zweien hat des Vaters Willen getan? Sie sprachen zu ihm: Der erste. Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Wahrlich ich sage euch: Die Zöllner und Huren mögen wohl eher ins Himmelreich kommen denn ihr.
32 Johannes kam zu euch und lehrte euch den rechten Weg, und ihr glaubtet ihm nicht; aber die Zöllner und Huren glaubten ihm. Und ob ihr's wohl sahet, tatet ihr dennoch nicht Buße, daß ihr ihm darnach auch geglaubt hättet.
33 Höret ein anderes Gleichnis: Es war ein Hausvater, der pflanzte einen Weinberg und führte einen Zaun darum und grub eine Kelter darin und baute einen Turm und tat ihn den Weingärtnern aus und zog über Land.
34 Da nun herbeikam die Zeit der Früchte, sandte er seine Knechte zu den Weingärtnern, daß sie seine Früchte empfingen.
35 Da nahmen die Weingärtner seine Knechte; einen stäupten sie, den andern töteten sie, den dritten steinigten sie.
36 Abermals sandte er andere Knechte, mehr denn der ersten waren; und sie taten ihnen gleichalso.
37 Darnach sandte er seinen Sohn zu ihnen und sprach: Sie werden sich vor meinem Sohn scheuen.
38 Da aber die Weingärtner den Sohn sahen, sprachen sie untereinander: Das ist der Erbe; kommt laßt uns ihn töten und sein Erbgut an uns bringen!
39 Und sie nahmen ihn und stießen ihn zum Weinberg hinaus und töteten ihn.
40 Wenn nun der Herr des Weinberges kommen wird, was wird er diesen Weingärtnern tun?
41 Sie sprachen zu ihm: Er wird die Bösewichte übel umbringen und seinen Weinberg anderen Weingärtnern austun, die ihm die Früchte zur rechten Zeit geben.
42 Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Habt ihr nie gelesen in der Schrift: "Der Stein, den die Bauleute verworfen haben, der ist zum Eckstein geworden. Von dem HERRN ist das geschehen, und es ist wunderbar vor unseren Augen"?
43 Darum sage ich euch: Das Reich Gottes wird von euch genommen und einem Volke gegeben werden, das seine Früchte bringt.
44 Und wer auf diesen Stein fällt, der wird zerschellen; auf wen aber er fällt, den wird er zermalmen.
45 Und da die Hohenpriester und Pharisäer seine Gleichnisse hörten, verstanden sie, daß er von ihnen redete.
46 Und sie trachteten darnach, wie sie ihn griffen; aber sie fürchteten sich vor dem Volk, denn es hielt ihn für einen Propheten.
22 Und Jesus antwortete und redete abermals durch Gleichnisse zu ihnen und sprach:
2 Das Himmelreich ist gleich einem Könige, der seinem Sohn Hochzeit machte.
3 Und sandte seine Knechte aus, daß sie die Gäste zur Hochzeit riefen; und sie wollten nicht kommen.
4 Abermals sandte er andere Knechte aus und sprach: Sagt den Gästen: Siehe, meine Mahlzeit habe ich bereitet, meine Ochsen und mein Mastvieh ist geschlachtet und alles ist bereit; kommt zur Hochzeit!
5 Aber sie verachteten das und gingen hin, einer auf seinen Acker, der andere zu seiner Hantierung;
6 etliche griffen seine Knechte, höhnten sie und töteten sie.
7 Da das der König hörte, ward er zornig und schickte seine Heere aus und brachte diese Mörder um und zündete ihre Stadt an.
8 Da sprach er zu seinen Knechten: Die Hochzeit ist zwar bereit, aber die Gäste waren's nicht wert.
9 Darum gehet hin auf die Straßen und ladet zur Hochzeit, wen ihr findet.
10 Und die Knechte gingen aus auf die Straßen und brachten zusammen, wen sie fanden, Böse und Gute; und die Tische wurden alle voll.
11 Da ging der König hinein, die Gäste zu besehen, und sah allda einen Menschen, der hatte kein hochzeitlich Kleid an;
12 und er sprach zu ihm: Freund, wie bist du hereingekommen und hast doch kein hochzeitlich Kleid an? Er aber verstummte.
13 Da sprach der König zu seinen Dienern: Bindet ihm Hände und Füße und werfet ihn in die Finsternis hinaus! da wird sein Heulen und Zähneklappen.
14 Denn viele sind berufen, aber wenige sind auserwählt.
15 Da gingen die Pharisäer hin und hielten einen Rat, wie sie ihn fingen in seiner Rede.
16 Und sandten zu ihm ihre Jünger samt des Herodes Dienern. Und sie sprachen: Meister, wir wissen, daß du wahrhaftig bist und lehrst den Weg Gottes recht und du fragst nach niemand; denn du achtest nicht das Ansehen der Menschen.
17 Darum sage uns, was dünkt dich: Ist's recht, daß man dem Kaiser den Zins gebe, oder nicht?
18 Da nun Jesus merkte ihre Schalkheit, sprach er: Ihr Heuchler, was versucht ihr mich?
19 Weiset mir die Zinsmünze! Und sie reichten ihm einen Groschen dar.
20 Und er sprach zu ihnen: Wes ist das Bild und die Überschrift?
21 Sie sprachen zu ihm: Des Kaisers. Da sprach er zu ihnen: So gebet dem Kaiser, was des Kaisers ist, und Gott, was Gottes ist!
22 Da sie das hörten, verwunderten sie sich und ließen ihn und gingen davon.
23 An dem Tage traten zu ihm die Sadduzäer, die da halten, es sei kein Auferstehen, und fragten ihn
24 und sprachen: Meister, Mose hat gesagt: So einer stirbt und hat nicht Kinder, so soll sein Bruder sein Weib freien und seinem Bruder Samen erwecken.
25 Nun sind bei uns gewesen sieben Brüder. Der erste freite und starb; und dieweil er nicht Samen hatte, ließ er sein Weib seinem Bruder;
26 desgleichen der andere und der dritte bis an den siebenten.
27 Zuletzt nach allen starb auch das Weib.
28 Nun in der Auferstehung, wes Weib wird sie sein unter den sieben? Sie haben sie ja alle gehabt.
29 Jesus aber antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Ihr irrt und wisset die Schrift nicht, noch die Kraft Gottes.
30 In der Auferstehung werden sie weder freien noch sich freien lassen, sondern sie sind gleichwie die Engel Gottes im Himmel.
31 Habt ihr nicht gelesen von der Toten Auferstehung, was euch gesagt ist von Gott, der da spricht:
32 "Ich bin der Gott Abrahams und der Gott Isaaks und der Gott Jakobs"? Gott aber ist nicht ein Gott der Toten, sondern der Lebendigen.
33 Und da solches das Volk hörte, entsetzten sie sich über seine Lehre.
34 Da aber die Pharisäer hörten, wie er den Sadduzäern das Maul gestopft hatte, versammelten sie sich.
35 Und einer unter ihnen, ein Schriftgelehrter, versuchte ihn und sprach:
36 Meister, welches ist das vornehmste Gebot im Gesetz?
37 Jesus aber sprach zu ihm: "Du sollst lieben Gott, deinen HERRN, von ganzem Herzen, von ganzer Seele und von ganzem Gemüte."
38 Dies ist das vornehmste und größte Gebot.
39 Das andere aber ist ihm gleich; Du sollst deinen Nächsten lieben wie dich selbst.
40 In diesen zwei Geboten hängt das ganze Gesetz und die Propheten.
41 Da nun die Pharisäer beieinander waren, fragte sie Jesus
42 und sprach: Wie dünkt euch um Christus? wes Sohn ist er? Sie sprachen: Davids.
43 Er sprach zu ihnen: Wie nennt ihn denn David im Geist einen Herrn, da er sagt:
44 "Der HERR hat gesagt zu meinem Herrn: Setze dich zu meiner Rechten, bis daß ich lege deine Feinde zum Schemel deiner Füße"?
45 So nun David ihn einen Herrn nennt, wie ist er denn sein Sohn?
46 Und niemand konnte ihm ein Wort antworten, und wagte auch niemand von dem Tage an hinfort, ihn zu fragen.
23 Da redete Jesus zu dem Volk und zu seinen Jüngern
2 und sprach: Auf Mose's Stuhl sitzen die Schriftgelehrten und Pharisäer.
3 Alles nun, was sie euch sagen, daß ihr halten sollt, das haltet und tut's; aber nach ihren Werken sollt ihr nicht tun: sie sagen's wohl, und tun's nicht.
4 Sie binden aber schwere und unerträgliche Bürden und legen sie den Menschen auf den Hals; aber sie selbst wollen dieselben nicht mit einem Finger regen.
5 Alle ihre Werke aber tun sie, daß sie von den Leuten gesehen werden. Sie machen ihre Denkzettel breit und die Säume an ihren Kleidern groß.
6 Sie sitzen gern obenan über Tisch und in den Schulen
7 und haben's gern, daß sie gegrüßt werden auf dem Markt und von den Menschen Rabbi genannt werden.
8 Aber ihr sollt euch nicht Rabbi nennen lassen; denn einer ist euer Meister, Christus; ihr aber seid alle Brüder.
9 Und sollt niemand Vater heißen auf Erden, denn einer ist euer Vater, der im Himmel ist.
10 Und ihr sollt euch nicht lassen Meister nennen; denn einer ist euer Meister, Christus.
11 Der Größte unter euch soll euer Diener sein.
12 Denn wer sich selbst erhöht, der wird erniedrigt; und wer sich selbst erniedrigt, der wird erhöht.
13 Weh euch, Schriftgelehrte und Pharisäer, ihr Heuchler, die ihr das Himmelreich zuschließet vor den Menschen! Ihr kommt nicht hinein, und die hinein wollen, laßt ihr nicht hineingehen.
14 Weh euch, Schriftgelehrte und Pharisäer, ihr Heuchler, die ihr der Witwen Häuser fresset und wendet lange Gebete vor! Darum werdet ihr desto mehr Verdammnis empfangen.
15 Weh euch, Schriftgelehrte und Pharisäer, ihr Heuchler, die ihr Land und Wasser umziehet, daß ihr einen Judengenossen macht; und wenn er's geworden ist, macht ihr aus ihm ein Kind der Hölle, zwiefältig mehr denn ihr seid!
16 Weh euch, verblendete Leiter, die ihr sagt: "Wer da schwört bei dem Tempel, das ist nichts; wer aber schwört bei dem Gold am Tempel, der ist's schuldig."
17 Ihr Narren und Blinden! Was ist größer: das Gold oder der Tempel, der das Gold heiligt?
18 "Wer da schwört bei dem Altar, das ist nichts; wer aber schwört bei dem Opfer, das darauf ist, der ist's schuldig."
19 Ihr Narren und Blinden! Was ist größer: das Opfer oder der Altar, der das Opfer heiligt?
20 Darum, wer da schwört bei dem Altar, der schwört bei demselben und bei allem, was darauf ist.
21 Und wer da schwört bei dem Tempel, der schwört bei demselben und bei dem, der darin wohnt.
22 Und wer da schwört bei dem Himmel, der schwört bei dem Stuhl Gottes und bei dem, der darauf sitzt.
23 Weh euch, Schriftgelehrte und Pharisäer, ihr Heuchler, die ihr verzehntet die Minze, Dill und Kümmel, und laßt dahinten das Schwerste im Gesetz, nämlich das Gericht, die Barmherzigkeit und den Glauben! Dies soll man tun und jenes nicht lassen.
24 Ihr verblendeten Leiter, die ihr Mücken seihet und Kamele verschluckt!
25 Weh euch, Schriftgelehrte und Pharisäer, ihr Heuchler, die ihr die Becher und Schüsseln auswendig reinlich haltet, inwendig aber ist's voll Raubes und Fraßes!
26 Du blinder Pharisäer, reinige zum ersten das Inwendige an Becher und Schüssel, auf das auch das Auswendige rein werde!
27 Weh euch, Schriftgelehrte und Pharisäer, ihr Heuchler, die ihr gleich seid wie die übertünchten Gräber, welche auswendig hübsch scheinen, aber inwendig sind sie voller Totengebeine und alles Unflats!
28 Also auch ihr: von außen scheint ihr den Menschen fromm, aber in wendig seid ihr voller Heuchelei und Untugend.
29 Weh euch, Schriftgelehrte und Pharisäer, ihr Heuchler, die ihr der Propheten Gräber bauet und schmücket der Gerechten Gräber
30 und sprecht: Wären wir zu unsrer Väter Zeiten gewesen, so wollten wir nicht teilhaftig sein mit ihnen an der Propheten Blut!
31 So gebt ihr über euch selbst Zeugnis, daß ihr Kinder seid derer, die die Propheten getötet haben.
32 Wohlan, erfüllet auch ihr das Maß eurer Väter!
33 Ihr Schlangen und Otterngezücht! wie wollt ihr der höllischen Verdammnis entrinnen?
34 Darum siehe, ich sende zu euch Propheten und Weise und Schriftgelehrte; und deren werdet ihr etliche töten und kreuzigen, und etliche werdet ihr geißeln in ihren Schulen und werdet sie verfolgen von einer Stadt zu der anderen;
35 auf daß über euch komme all das gerechte Blut, das vergossen ist auf Erden, von dem Blut des gerechten Abel an bis auf das Blut des Zacharias, des Sohnes Berechja's, welchen ihr getötet habt zwischen dem Tempel und dem Altar.
36 Wahrlich ich sage euch, daß solches alles wird über dies Geschlecht kommen.
37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, die du tötest die Propheten und steinigst, die zu dir gesandt sind! wie oft habe ich deine Kinder versammeln wollen, wie eine Henne versammelt ihre Küchlein unter ihre Flügel; und ihr habt nicht gewollt!
38 Siehe, euer Haus soll euch wüst gelassen werden.
39 Denn ich sage euch: Ihr werdet mich von jetzt an nicht sehen, bis ihr sprecht: Gelobt sei, der da kommt im Namen des HERRN!
Matthew 21-23
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.
22 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 And last of all the woman died also.
28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
23 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Matthew 21-23
New King James Version
The Triumphal Entry(A)
21 Now (B)when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to [a]Bethphage, at (C)the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. 3 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 [b]All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
5 “Tell(D) the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
6 (E)So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, (F)laid their clothes on them, [c]and set Him on them. 8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; (G)others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:
“Hosanna to the Son of David!
(H)‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Hosanna in the highest!”
10 (I)And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”
11 So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, (J)the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
Jesus Cleanses the Temple(K)
12 (L)Then Jesus went into the temple [d]of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the (M)money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 And He said to them, “It is written, (N)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a (O)‘den of thieves.’ ”
14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the (P)Son of David!” they were [e]indignant 16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”
And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,
(Q)‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have perfected praise’?”
17 Then He left them and (R)went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.
The Fig Tree Withered(S)
18 (T)Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19 (U)And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree(V)
20 (W)And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither away so soon?”
21 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, (X)if you have faith and (Y)do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, (Z)but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. 22 And (AA)whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
Jesus’ Authority Questioned(AB)
23 (AC)Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and (AD)said, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”
24 But Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things: 25 The (AE)baptism of (AF)John—where was it from? From heaven or from men?”
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we (AG)fear the multitude, (AH)for all count John as a prophet.” 27 So they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.”
And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my (AI)vineyard.’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?”
They said to Him, “The first.”
Jesus said to them, (AJ)“Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. 32 For (AK)John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; (AL)but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward [f]relent and believe him.
The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers(AM)
33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner (AN)who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and (AO)went into a far country. 34 Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. 35 (AP)And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. 37 Then last of all he sent his (AQ)son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, (AR)‘This is the heir. (AS)Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 (AT)So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
41 (AU)They said to Him, (AV)“He will destroy those wicked men miserably, (AW)and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will [g]render to him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
(AX)‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord’s doing,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 “Therefore I say to you, (AY)the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. 44 And (AZ)whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, (BA)it will grind him to powder.”
45 Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they [h]perceived that He was speaking of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they (BB)feared the multitudes, because (BC)they took Him for a prophet.
The Parable of the Wedding Feast(BD)
22 And Jesus answered (BE)and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; (BF)my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them [i]spitefully, and killed them. 7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out (BG)his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not (BH)worthy. 9 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ 10 So those servants went out into the highways and (BI)gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there (BJ)who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was (BK)speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, [j]take him away, and cast him (BL)into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 (BM)“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(BN)
15 (BO)Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the (BP)Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not [k]regard the person of men. 17 Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18 But Jesus [l]perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites? 19 Show Me the tax money.”
So they brought Him a denarius.
20 And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
And He said to them, (BQ)“Render[m] therefore to Caesar the things that are (BR)Caesar’s, and to God the things that are (BS)God’s.” 22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.
The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?(BT)
23 (BU)The same day the Sadducees, (BV)who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 24 saying: “Teacher, (BW)Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh. 27 Last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”
29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are [n]mistaken, (BX)not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but (BY)are like angels [o]of God in heaven. 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 (BZ)‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the multitudes heard this, (CA)they were astonished at His teaching.
The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?(CB)
34 (CC)But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, (CD)a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him, (CE)“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: (CF)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 (CG)On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?(CH)
41 (CI)While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”
They said to Him, “The (CJ)Son of David.”
43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
44 ‘The(CK) Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 (CL)And no one was able to answer Him a word, (CM)nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees(CN)
23 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: (CO)“The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you [p]to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for (CP)they say, and do not do. 4 (CQ)For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do to (CR)be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments. 6 (CS)They love the [q]best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 7 greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’ 8 (CT)But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your [r]Teacher, [s]the Christ, and you are all brethren. 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; (CU)for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. 11 But (CV)he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (CW)And whoever exalts himself will be [t]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be [u]exalted.
13 “But (CX)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. 14 [v]Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (CY)For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of [w]hell as yourselves.
16 “Woe to you, (CZ)blind guides, who say, (DA)‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’ 17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold (DB)or the temple that [x]sanctifies the gold? 18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ 19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift (DC)or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore he who [y]swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by (DD)Him who [z]dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by (DE)the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (DF)For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and (DG)have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (DH)For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and [aa]self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (DI)For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 (DJ)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and [ab]adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that (DK)you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (DL)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, (DM)brood[ac] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 (DN)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (DO)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (DP)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 (DQ)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (DR)from the blood of righteous Abel to (DS)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(DT)
37 (DU)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets (DV)and stones those who are sent to her! How often (DW)I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks (DX)under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 See! Your house is left to you desolate; 39 for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, (DY)‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:1 M Bethsphage
- Matthew 21:4 NU omits All
- Matthew 21:7 NU and He sat
- Matthew 21:12 NU omits of God
- Matthew 21:15 angry
- Matthew 21:32 regret it
- Matthew 21:41 give
- Matthew 21:45 knew
- Matthew 22:6 insolently
- Matthew 22:13 NU omits take him away, and
- Matthew 22:16 Lit. look at the face of
- Matthew 22:18 knew
- Matthew 22:21 Pay
- Matthew 22:29 deceived
- Matthew 22:30 NU omits of God
- Matthew 23:3 NU omits to observe
- Matthew 23:6 Or place of honor
- Matthew 23:8 Leader
- Matthew 23:8 NU omits the Christ
- Matthew 23:12 put down
- Matthew 23:12 lifted up
- Matthew 23:14 NU omits v. 14.
- Matthew 23:15 Gr. Gehenna
- Matthew 23:17 NU sanctified
- Matthew 23:20 Swears an oath
- Matthew 23:21 M dwelt
- Matthew 23:25 M unrighteousness
- Matthew 23:29 decorate
- Matthew 23:33 offspring
Matthew 21-23
English Standard Version
The Triumphal Entry
21 (A)Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to (B)the Mount of Olives, then Jesus (C)sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4 This took place (D)to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 (E)“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
(F)humble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt,[a] the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd (G)spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, (H)“Hosanna to (I)the Son of David! (J)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna (K)in the highest!” 10 And (L)when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” 11 And the crowds said, “This is (M)the prophet Jesus, (N)from Nazareth of Galilee.”
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
12 (O)And Jesus entered the temple[b] and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of (P)the money-changers and the seats of those who sold (Q)pigeons. 13 He said to them, “It is written, (R)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but (S)you make it a den of robbers.”
14 (T)And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 (U)But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, (V)“Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, 16 and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; (W)have you never read,
17 And (Z)leaving them, he (AA)went out of the city to (AB)Bethany and lodged there.
Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
18 (AC)In the morning, as he was returning to the city, (AD)he became hungry. 19 (AE)And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” 21 And Jesus answered them, (AF)“Truly, I say to you, (AG)if you have faith and (AH)do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, (AI)‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. 22 And (AJ)whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, (AK)if you have faith.”
The Authority of Jesus Challenged
23 (AL)And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him (AM)as he was teaching, and said, (AN)“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24 Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, (AO)from where did it come? (AP)From heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, (AQ)‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From man,’ (AR)we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was (AS)a prophet.” 27 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28 (AT)“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in (AU)the vineyard today.’ 29 And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he (AV)changed his mind and went. 30 And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, (AW)the tax collectors and (AX)the prostitutes go into (AY)the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you (AZ)in the way of righteousness, and (BA)you did not believe him, but (BB)the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward (BC)change your minds and believe him.
The Parable of the Tenants
33 (BD)“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted (BE)a vineyard (BF)and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and (BG)leased it to tenants, and (BH)went into another country. 34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants[c] to the tenants (BI)to get his fruit. 35 (BJ)And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and (BK)stoned another. 36 (BL)Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, (BM)‘This is the heir. Come, (BN)let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him and (BO)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 (BP)When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 They said to him, (BQ)“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and (BR)let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 Jesus said to them, (BS)“Have you never read in the Scriptures:
(BT)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[d]
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God (BU)will be taken away from you and given to a people (BV)producing its fruits. 44 And (BW)the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and (BX)when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”[e]
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them. 46 And (BY)although they were seeking to arrest him, (BZ)they feared the crowds, because they held him to be (CA)a prophet.
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
22 And again Jesus (CB)spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 (CC)“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave (CD)a wedding feast for his son, 3 and (CE)sent his servants[f] to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 (CF)Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my (CG)dinner, (CH)my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ 5 But (CI)they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, 6 while the rest seized his servants, (CJ)treated them shamefully, and (CK)killed them. 7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and (CL)destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not (CM)worthy. 9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10 And those servants went out into the roads and (CN)gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there (CO)a man who had no wedding garment. 12 And he said to him, (CP)‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and (CQ)cast him into the outer darkness. In that place (CR)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 For many are (CS)called, but few are (CT)chosen.”
Paying Taxes to Caesar
15 (CU)Then the Pharisees went and plotted how (CV)to entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent (CW)their disciples to him, along with (CX)the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, (CY)we know that you are true and teach (CZ)the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for (DA)you are not swayed by appearances.[g] 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay (DB)taxes to (DC)Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why (DD)put me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.[h] 20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, (DE)“Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” 22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they (DF)left him and went away.
Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection
23 The same day (DG)Sadducees came to him, (DH)who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, (DI)‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”
29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, (DJ)because you know neither the Scriptures nor (DK)the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither (DL)marry nor (DM)are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, (DN)have you not read what was said to you by God: 32 (DO)‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the crowd heard it, (DP)they were astonished at his teaching.
The Great Commandment
34 (DQ)But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced (DR)the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 (DS)And one of them, (DT)a lawyer, asked him a question (DU)to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, (DV)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And (DW)a second is like it: (DX)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 (DY)On these two commandments depend (DZ)all the Law and the Prophets.”
Whose Son Is the Christ?
41 (EA)Now while the Pharisees (EB)were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42 saying, “What do you think about (EC)the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, (ED)“The son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, (EE)in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,
44 (EF)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
45 If then David calls him Lord, (EG)how is he his son?” 46 (EH)And no one was able to answer him a word, (EI)nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees
23 Then Jesus (EJ)said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 (EK)“The scribes and the Pharisees (EL)sit on Moses' seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, (EM)but not the works they do. (EN)For they preach, but do not practice. 4 (EO)They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,[i] and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5 (EP)They do all their deeds (EQ)to be seen by others. For they make (ER)their phylacteries broad and (ES)their fringes long, 6 and they (ET)love the place of honor at feasts and (EU)the best seats in the synagogues 7 and (EV)greetings in (EW)the marketplaces and being called (EX)rabbi[j] by others. 8 (EY)But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are (EZ)all brothers.[k] 9 (FA)And call no man your father on earth, for (FB)you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, (FC)the Christ. 11 (FD)The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (FE)Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 “But woe (FF)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (FG)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (FH)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[l] 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single (FI)proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a (FJ)child of (FK)hell[m] as yourselves.
16 “Woe to (FL)you, (FM)blind guides, who say, (FN)‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or (FO)the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by (FP)the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or (FQ)the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by (FR)him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by (FS)heaven swears by (FT)the throne of God and by (FU)him who sits upon it.
23 (FV)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (FW)you tithe mint and dill and (FX)cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: (FY)justice and mercy and faithfulness. (FZ)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing (GA)a camel!
25 (GB)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (GC)you clean the outside of (GD)the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of (GE)greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of (GF)the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 (GG)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like (GH)whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and (GI)all uncleanness. 28 So you also (GJ)outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of (GK)hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 (GL)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are (GM)sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (GN)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, (GO)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to (GP)hell? 34 (GQ)Therefore (GR)I send you (GS)prophets and wise men and (GT)scribes, (GU)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and (GV)some you will (GW)flog in your synagogues and (GX)persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all (GY)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (GZ)Abel to the blood of (HA)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[n] whom you murdered between (HB)the sanctuary and (HC)the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, (HD)all these things will come upon this generation.
Lament over Jerusalem
37 (HE)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that (HF)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have (HG)gathered (HH)your children together (HI)as a hen gathers her brood (HJ)under her wings, and (HK)you were not willing! 38 See, (HL)your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, (HM)‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:5 Or donkey, and on a colt
- Matthew 21:12 Some manuscripts add of God
- Matthew 21:34 Or bondservants; also verses 35, 36
- Matthew 21:42 Greek the head of the corner
- Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts omit verse 44
- Matthew 22:3 Or bondservants; also verses 4, 6, 8, 10
- Matthew 22:16 Greek for you do not look at people's faces
- Matthew 22:19 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
- Matthew 23:4 Some manuscripts omit hard to bear
- Matthew 23:7 Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8
- Matthew 23:8 Or brothers and sisters
- Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation
- Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33
- Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
Copyright © 1545 by Public Domain
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
