Evanðelje po Mateju 21

Mesijanski ulazak u Jeruzalem

1 Kad su se Isus i učenici približili Jeruzalemu te stigli pred Betfagu na Maslinskoj gori, Isus dvojicu od njih pošalje naprijed.2 "Idite u selo pred vama", reče im, "i čim u njega uđete, ugledat ćete vezanu magaricu i magare. Odvežite ih i dovedite k meni.3 Prigovori li vam tko zbog toga, recite: 'Gospodinu trebaju' pa će ih odmah pustiti.

4 To se dogodilo da se ispuni proročanstvo:
5 "Recite izraelskomu narodu:
Evo, kralj ti se vraća,
ponizan jaše na magarcu,
na magaretu, mladomu magaričinu."6 Učenici odu i učine kako ih je Isus uputio.

7 Dovedu magaricu i magare, prekriju ih svojim ogrtačima, pa Isus sjedne na njih.
8 Silno je mnoštvo prostiralo svoje ogrtače po putu, a neki su trgali grane s drveća i prostirali ih putem.

9 Ljudi koji su išli pred njim i za njim klicali su:
"Slava Sinu Davidovu!
Blagoslovljen koji dolazi u
ime Gospodnje!
Slava Bogu na nebu!"10 Kad je ušao u Jeruzalem, cijeli se grad uskomešao. "Tko je taj?" pitali su.11 Mnoštvo je odgovaralo: "To je Isus, prorok iz Nazareta u Galileji."

Isus izgoni trgovce iz Hrama

12 Isus uđe u Hram i počne iz njega izgoniti sve trgovce i njihove kupce, prevrne stolove mjenjačima novca i klupe prodavačima goluba.

13 "U Svetome pismu piše: 'Moj Hram treba biti molitveni dom', a vi ste ga pretvorili u razbojničku špilju."
14 U Hramu mu priđu slijepi i hromi te ih on iscijeli.15 Kad su svećenički poglavari i pismoznanci vidjeli čudesa koja je učinio i čuli djecu u Hramu kako kliču: "Slava Sinu Davidovu!" razgnjeve se

16 i upitaju ga: "Čuješ li ti što govore?"
"Čujem", odgovori im Isus. "A niste li nikad u Pismu pročitali: 'Pripravio si sebi hvalu iz usta djece i dojenčadi?'"

17 Zatim se vrati u Betaniju da ondje prespava.

Isus proklinje smokvu

18 Vraćajući se ujutro u Jeruzalem, Isus ogladni.

19 Opazi pokraj puta smokvu i priđe joj, ali na njoj ne nađe ničega osim lišća. Nato joj reče: "Ne bilo više nikada na tebi roda!" I smokva se smjesta osuši.
20 Učenici se zaprepaste. "Kako se smokva tako brzo sasušila?" pitali su.21 "Zaista vam kažem," odgovori im Isus, "budete li imali vjere i ne budete li sumnjali, činit ćete ne samo to što sam ja učinio sa smokvom nego kažete li ovoj planini: 'Digni se i baci se u more!' - to će se i dogoditi.

22 Sve što s vjerom zamolite, primit ćete."

O Isusovoj vlasti

23 Isus ode u Hram. Dok je ondje poučavao, priđu mu svećenički poglavari i narodni starješine pa ga upitaju: "Tko ti je dao pravo da to radiš? Tko te je ovlastio za to?"24 "Reći ću vam tko ako najprije vi meni odgovorite na pitanje:

25 Je li Ivanovo krštenje bilo s neba ili od ljudi?"
Oni počnu umovati i međusobno raspravljati: "Ako kažemo da je s neba, pitat će nas zašto mu onda nismo vjerovali.26 A od mnoštva nas je strah reći da je bilo od ljudi jer Ivana svi drže za proroka."

27 Zato Isusu odgovore: "Ne znamo."
A Isus im reče: "Onda ni ja vama neću reći otkuda mi vlast!"

Prispodoba o dvojici sinova

28 "Što mislite o ovomu: Neki je čovjek imao dva sina. Reče prvomu: 'Sine, idi danas raditi u vinogradu!'29 'Neću!' odgovori on, ali se poslije predomisli i ode.30 Otac i drugome sinu reče isto. "Idem, oče!" odgovori sin, ali se zatim predomisli i odustane.

31 Koji je od njih dvojice ispunio očevu volju?"
"Onaj prvi", odgovore.
Isus im nato reče: "Zaista vam kažem, bludnice i pokvarenjaci ući će prije vas u Božje kraljevstvo!

32 Jer Ivan Krstitelj došao vam je pokazati put pravednosti, ali mu niste povjerovali, a bludnice i pokvarenjaci jesu. Pa čak ni kad ste to vidjeli, niste se pokajali i vjerovali mu."

Prispodoba o zlim vinogradarima

33 "Poslušajte još jednu prispodobu. Neki čovjek posadi vinograd i ogradi ga, iskopa tijesak za grožđe i izgradi kulu. Zatim ga iznajmi vinogradarima i otputuje.34 Kad dođe vrijeme berbe, pošalje sluge da uzmu njegov dio uroda.35 Ali vinogradari ih pograbe te jednoga pretuku, drugoga ubiju, a trećega kamenuju.

36 On zatim pošalje više slugu nego prvi put, ali vinogradari i s njima jednako postupe.
37 Naposljetku pošalje k njima svojega sina misleći: 'Prema mojem sinu sigurno će se odnositi s poštovanjem.'38 Ali kad vinogradari ugledaju sina, rekoše: 'Ovaj će naslijediti imanje! Ubijmo ga pa ćemo se domoći imanja umjesto njega!'

39 Pograbe ga, izbace iz vinograda i ubiju.
40 Što mislite, upita Isus, kako će vlasnik imanja postupiti s tim vinogradarima kada se vrati?41 Te će zlikovce bez smilovanja pogubiti, a vinograd iznajmiti drugima koji će mu davati urod kad za to dođe vrijeme."42 Isus ih upita: "Niste li nikada čitali u Svetom pismu:
'Kamen koji su graditelji odbacili
postane ugaonim kamenom.
To je Gospodnje djelo,
čudesno našim očima.'43 Zato vam kažem, oduzet će vam se Božje kraljevstvo i dat će se narodu koji će davati njegove plodove.

44 Padne li tko na taj kamen, smrskat će se, i padne li kamen na koga, satrt će ga."
45 Kad su svećenički poglavari i farizeji čuli te prispodobe i shvatili da govori o njima,

46 htjeli su ga uhvatiti, ali bojali su se mnoštva koje je Isusa smatralo prorokom.

Matthew 21

The Triumphal Entry

1 Nowt when they approached Jerusalems and came to Bethphage,s at the Mount of Olives,s Jesus sent two disciples,2 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you.t Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’s and he will send them at once.”

4 Thist took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:t

5 “Tell the people of Zion,t
‘Look, your king is coming to you,
unassuming and seated on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”t
6 Sot the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloakst on them, and he sat on them.8 At very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,t “Hosannats to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!sHosanna in the highest!”10 As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar,t saying, “Who is this?”

11 And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareths in Galilee.”

Cleansing the Temple

12 Thent Jesus entered the temple areats and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts,ts and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

13 And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’s but you are turning it into a dentof robbers!”s
14 The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the lawt saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,t “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant16 and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”s

17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

The Withered Fig Tree

18 Now early in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.19 After noticing a fig treets by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, “Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once.20 When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”21 Jesust answered them, “I tell you the truth,t 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.

22 And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe,t you will receive.”

The Authority of Jesus

23 Now after Jesust entered the temple courts,t the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authorityt are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”24 Jesust answered them, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?”ts They discussed this among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’26 But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”

27 Sot they answered Jesus,t “We don’t know.”s Then he said to them, “Neither will I tell yous by what authorityt I am doing these things.

The Parable of the Two Sons

28 “Whatt do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’29 The boy answered,t ‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heartt and went.30 The fathert went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,t ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.”s Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth,t tax collectorss and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Althought you saw this, you did not later change your mindss and believe him.

The Parable of the Tenants

33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landownert who planted a vineyard.s He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Thent he leased it to tenant farmerss and went on a journey.34 When the harvest time was near, he sent his slavests to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.t35 But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one,s killed another, and stoned another.36 Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.37 Finally he sent his son to them,s saying, ‘They will respect my son.’38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’39 Sot they seized him,t threw him out of the vineyard,s and killed him.40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

41 They said to him, “He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”

42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:
‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.ts
This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?s
43 For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a peoplet who will produce its fruit.44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”ssts45 Whent the chief priests and the Phariseess heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowdst regarded him as a prophet.