马太福音 21

荣入圣城

（可11．1－11；路19．28－38；约12．12－19）

1 耶稣和门徒快到耶路撒冷，进了橄榄山的伯法其时，打发两个门徒， 2 对他们说：“你们往对面村子里去，会立刻看见一匹驴拴在那里，还有驴驹同在一处，解开它们，牵到我这里来。 3 若有人对你们说什么，你们就说：‘主要用它们。’那人会立刻让你们牵来。” 4 这事发生是要应验先知所说的话：

5 “要对锡安的儿女t说： 看哪，你的王来到你这里， 谦和地骑着驴， 骑着小驴—驴的驹子。”

6 门徒就照耶稣所吩咐的去做， 7 牵了驴和驴驹来，把他们的衣服搭在上面，耶稣就骑上。 8 许许多多的人把自己的衣服铺在路上，还有人砍下树枝来铺在路上。 9 前呼后拥的人群喊着说： “和散那t归于大卫之子！ 奉主名来的是应当称颂的！ 至高无上的，和散那！”

10 耶稣进了耶路撒冷，全城都惊动了，说：“这是谁？” 11 众人说：“这是从加利利的拿撒勒来的先知耶稣。”

洁净圣殿

（可11．15－19；路19．45－48；约2．13－22）

12 耶稣进了圣殿t，赶出圣殿里所有在做买卖的人，推倒兑换银钱之人的桌子和卖鸽子之人的凳子， 13 对他们说：“经上记着： ‘我的殿要称为祷告的殿， 你们倒使它成为贼窝了。’”

14 在圣殿里有盲人和瘸子到耶稣跟前，他就治好了他们。 15 祭司长和文士看见耶稣所行的奇事，又见小孩子在圣殿里喊着说：“和散那归于大卫之子！”就很生气， 16 对他说：“这些人所喊的，你听到了吗？”耶稣对他们说：“听到了。经上说：‘你藉孩童和吃奶的口发出完全的赞美’，你们没有念过吗？” 17 于是他离开他们，出城到伯大尼去，在那里过夜。

诅咒无花果树

（可11．12－14，20－24）

18 早晨回城的时候，他饿了， 19 看见路旁有一棵无花果树，就走到跟前，在树上找不到什么，只有叶子，就对树说：“从今以后，你永不结果子！”那无花果树立刻枯干了。 20 门徒看见了，惊讶地说：“无花果树怎么立刻枯干了呢？” 21 耶稣回答他们：“我实在告诉你们，你们若有信心，不疑惑，不但能行我对无花果树所行的事，就是对这座山说：‘离开此地，投在海里！’也会实现。 22 你们祷告，无论求什么，只要信，就必得着。”

耶稣的权柄受到质问

（可11．27－33；路20．1－8）

23 耶稣进了圣殿，正教导人的时候，祭司长和百姓的长老来问他：“你仗着什么权柄做这些事？给你这权柄的是谁呢？” 24 耶稣回答他们说：“我也要问你们一句话，你们若告诉我，我就告诉你们我仗着什么权柄做这些事。 25 约翰的洗礼是从哪里来的？是从天上来的，还是从人间来的呢？”他们彼此商议说：“我们若说‘从天上来的’，他会对我们说：‘这样，你们为什么不信他呢？’ 26 若说‘从人间来的’，我们又怕众人，因为大家都认为约翰是先知。” 27 于是他们回答耶稣：“我们不知道。”耶稣也对他们说：“我也不告诉你们，我仗着什么权柄做这些事。”

两个儿子的比喻

28 “有一件事，你们的意见如何？一个人有两个儿子。他来对大儿子说：‘孩子，今天到葡萄园里做工去。’ 29 他回答：‘我不去’，以后自己懊悔，就去了。 30 他来对小儿子也是这样说。他回答：‘父亲大人，我去’，却不去。 31 这两个儿子是哪一个照着父亲的意愿做了呢？”他们说：“大儿子。”耶稣说：“我实在告诉你们，税吏和娼妓倒比你们先进上帝的国。 32 因为约翰到你们这里来指引你们走义路，你们却不信他，税吏和娼妓倒信了他。你们看见了以后，还是不悔悟去信他。”

恶园户的比喻

（可12．1－12；路20．9－19）

33 “你们再听一个比喻：有一个家的主人开垦了一个葡萄园，四周围上篱笆，里面挖了一个榨酒池，盖了一座守望楼，租给园户，就出外远行去了。 34 收果子的时候快到了，他打发仆人到园户那里去收果子。 35 园户拿住仆人，打了一个，杀了一个，用石头打死了一个。 36 主人又打发别的仆人去，比先前更多；园户还是照样对待他们。 37 最后他打发自己的儿子到他们那里去，说：‘他们会尊敬我的儿子。’ 38 可是，园户看见他儿子，彼此说：‘这是承受产业的。来，我们杀了他，占他的产业！’ 39 于是他们拿住他，把他扔出葡萄园外，杀了。 40 葡萄园的主人来的时候，要怎样处置那些园户呢？” 41 他们说：“要狠狠地除灭那些恶人，将葡萄园转租给那些按时候交果子的园户。” 42 耶稣对他们说： “‘匠人所丢弃的石头 已作了房角的头块石头。 这是主所做的， 在我们眼中看为奇妙。’ 这段经文你们从来没有念过吗？

43 所以我告诉你们，上帝的国必从你们夺去，赐给那能结果子的民。 44 谁跌在这石头上，一定会跌得粉碎；这石头掉在谁的身上，就要把谁压得稀烂。t” 45 祭司长和法利赛人听见他的比喻，就看出他是指着他们说的。 46 他们想要捉拿他，但是惧怕众人，因为众人认为他是先知。

MATTHEW 21

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

(Mark 11.1-11; Luke 19.28-38; John 12.12-19)

1 When Jesus and his disciples came near Jerusalem, he went to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives and sent two of them on ahead. 2 He told them, “Go into the next village, where you will at once find a donkey and her colt. Untie the two donkeys and bring them to me.

3 If anyone asks why you are doing this, just say, ‘The Lordt needs them.’ He will at once let you have the donkeys.”

4 So God's promise came true, just as the prophet had said,

5  t “Announce to the people
of Jerusalem:
‘Your king is coming to you!
He is humble
and rides on a donkey.
He comes on the colt
of a donkey.’ ”
6 The disciples left and did what Jesus had told them to do.

7 They brought the donkey and its colt and laid some clothes on their backs. Then Jesus got on.
8 Many people spread clothes in the road, while others put down branchest which they had cut from trees.

9 t Some people walked ahead of Jesus and others followed behind. They were all shouting,
“Hoorayt for the Son of David!t
God bless the one who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Hooray for God
in heaven above!”

10 When Jesus came to Jerusalem, everyone in the city was excited and asked, “Who can this be?”

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

Jesus in the Temple

(Mark 11.15-19; Luke 19.45-48; John 2.13-22)

12 Jesus went into the temple and chased out everyone who was selling or buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of the ones who were selling doves.

13 t He told them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship.’ But you have turned it into a place where robbers hide.”
14 Blind and lame people came to Jesus in the temple, and he healed them. 15 But the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were angry when they saw his miracles and heard the children shouting praises to the Son of David.t

16 t The men said to Jesus, “Don't you hear what those children are saying?”
“Yes, I do!” Jesus answered. “Don't you know that the Scriptures say, ‘Children and infants will sing praises’?”

17 Then Jesus left the city and went out to the village of Bethany, where he spent the night.

Jesus Puts a Curse //on a Fig Tree

(Mark 11.12-14,20-24)

18 When Jesus got up the next morning, he was hungry. He started out for the city,

19 and along the way he saw a fig tree. But when he came to it, he found only leaves and no figs. So he told the tree, “You will never again grow any fruit!” Right then the fig tree dried up.
20 The disciples were shocked when they saw how quickly the tree had dried up. 21 t But Jesus said to them, “If you have faith and don't doubt, I promise you can do what I did to this tree. And you will be able to do even more. You can tell this mountain to get up and jump into the sea, and it will.

22 If you have faith when you pray, you will be given whatever you ask for.”

A Question //about Jesus' Authority

(Mark 11.27-33; Luke 20.1-8)

23 Jesus had gone into the temple and was teaching when the chief priests and the leaders of the people came up to him. They asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
24 Jesus answered, “I have just one question to ask you. If you answer it, I will tell you where I got the right to do these things.

25 Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”
They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John. 26 On the other hand, these people think John was a prophet, and we are afraid of what they might do to us. That's why we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.”

27 So they told Jesus, “We don't know.”
Jesus said, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”

A Story about Two Sons

28 Jesus said:
I will tell you a story about a man who had two sons. Then you can tell me what you think. The father went to the older son and said, “Go work in the vineyard today!” 29 His son told him he would not do it, but later he changed his mind and went. 30 The man then told his younger son to go work in the vineyard. The boy said he would, but he didn't go.

31 Which one of the sons obeyed his father?
“The older one,” the chief priests and leaders answered.
Then Jesus told them:
You can be sure tax collectorst and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you ever will!

32 t When John the Baptist showed you how to do right, you would not believe him. But these evil people did believe. And even when you saw what they did, you still would not change your minds and believe.

Renters of a Vineyard

(Mark 12.1-12; Luke 20.9-19)

33  t Jesus told the chief priests and leaders to listen to this story:
A land owner once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he rented out his vineyard and left the country.
34 When it was harvest time, the owner sent some servants to get his share of the grapes. 35 But the renters grabbed those servants. They beat up one, killed one, and stoned one of them to death.

36 He then sent more servants than he did the first time. But the renters treated them in the same way.
37 Finally, the owner sent his own son to the renters, because he thought they would respect him. 38 But when they saw the man's son, they said, “Someday he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves.”

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

40 Jesus asked, “When the owner of that vineyard comes, what do you suppose he will do to those renters?”

41 The chief priests and leaders answered, “He will kill them in some horrible way. Then he will rent out his vineyard to people who will give him his share of grapes at harvest time.”

42  t Jesus replied, “You surely know that the Scriptures say,
‘The stone the builders
tossed aside
is now the most important
stone of all.
This is something
the Lord has done,
and it is amazing to us.’
43 I tell you God's kingdom will be taken from you and given to people who will do what he demands.

44 Anyone who stumbles over this stone will be crushed, and anyone it falls on will be smashed to pieces.”t
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard these stories, they knew Jesus was talking about them. 46 So they looked for a way to arrest Jesus. But they were afraid to, because the people thought he was a prophet.