بشارة متى 21
1 ولما اقتربوا من مدينة القدس، ووصلوا إلى بيت فج عند جبل الزيتون، أرسل عيسـى اثنين من تلاميذه،2 وقال لهما: "اذهبا إلى القرية التي أمامكما، فتجدا حمارة مربوطة ومعها جحش. حلاهما وهاتوهما لي.3 وإن قال لكما أحد أي شيء، فقولا: السيد محتاج لهما، وسيرجعهما."4 وقد حدث هذا ليتم ما قاله الله على لسان النبي:5 "قولوا لأهل القدس: هذا ملككم يأتي إليكم وديعا وراكبا على حمارة وجحش ابن دابة."6 فذهب التلميذان، وعملا كما أمرهما عيسـى.7 فأحضرا الحمارة والجحش ووضعا ثيابهما عليهما، فركب عيسى.8 وفرش جمهور كبير من الناس ثيابهم في الطريق، وآخرون قطعوا أغصانا من الشجر وفرشوها في الطريق.9 وكان الناس الذين أمامه والذين وراءه يهتفون: "الجلال لابن داود! تبارك الآتي باسم الله . الجلال في الأعالي!"10 ولما دخل القدس، هاجت المدينة كلها وقالت: "من هذا؟"11 فأجابت الجماهير: "هذا هو النبي عيسـى الذي من مدينة الناصرة بالجليل."12 وذهب عيسـى إلى بيت الله، وطرد كل الذين يبيعون ويشترون هناك. وقلب مناضد الصيارف ومقاعد تجار الحمام،13 وقال لهم: "يقول كتاب الله: 'بيتي يسمى بيت الصلاة،' لكن أنتم تجعلونه مغارة لصوص."14 وجاء إليه العمي والعرج وهو في بيت الله فشفاهم.15 فغضب رؤساء الأحبار والفقهاء لما رأوا العجائب التي عملها والأطفال يهتفون في بيت الله: "الجلال لابن داود!"16 فسألوه: "هل تسمع ما يقولون؟" أجابهم عيسـى: "نعم، ألم تقرأوا أبدا: جعلت الأطفال والرضع يرفعون السبح لك؟"17 ثم تركهم، وخرج من المدينة إلى بيت عنيا، وبات هناك.18 وفي الصباح الباكر، وهو راجع إلى المدينة، أحس بالجوع.19 فرأى شجرة تين بجانب الطريق، فذهب إليها، فلم يجد فيها إلا الورق. فقال لها: "لن تثمري أبدا." فذبلت الشجرة في الحال.20 فلما رأى التلاميذ هذا، تعجبوا وقالوا: "كيف ذبلت شجرة التين في الحال؟"21 أجابهم عيسـى: "أقول لكم الحق، إن كنتم تؤمنون ولا تشكون، فإنكم تعملون ما عملته بشجرة التين بل وأكثر. فحتى إن قلتم لهذا الجبل: انتقل من هنا وانطرح في البحر. يتم هذا فعلا.22 فإن كان عندكم إيمان، كل شيء تطلبونه في الصلاة تنالونه."23 وذهب إلى بيت الله، وأخذ يعلم الناس. فجاء إليه رؤساء الأحبار وشيوخ الشعب وقالوا: "بأي سلطة تعمل هذه الأشياء، ومن أعطاك السلطة لتعملها؟"24 أجابهم عيسـى: "وأنا أيضا أسألكم سؤالا، فإن كنتم تجيبونني عنه، أقول لكم بأي سلطة أعمل هذه الأشياء:25 من أعطى يحـيى السلطة ليغطس؟ هل الله أم الناس؟" فتشاوروا فيما بينهم وقالوا: "إن قلنا: الله، يقول لنا: إذن لماذا لم تؤمنوا به؟26 وإن قلنا: الناس، نخاف من الشعب، لأن الجميع يعتبرون أن يحيى نبي."27 فأجابوا وقالوا لعيسـى: "لا نعرف." فقال لهم: "وأنا لا أقول لكم بأي سلطة أعمل هذه الأشياء."28 "ما رأيكم؟ كان لرجل ابنان، فجاء إلى الأول وقال: يا ابني، اذهب اليوم واشتغل في الكرم.29 فأجابه: لا أريد. لكنه بعد ذلك ندم وذهب.30 وجاء إلى الثاني وقال له نفس الشيء، فأجابه: سأذهب يا سيد. ولكنه لم يذهب.31 فمن من الاثنين عمل إرادة الأب؟" قالوا: "الأول." فقال لهم عيسـى: "أقول لكم الحق، إن جباة الضرائب والزواني يدخلون إلى مملكة الله قبلكم.32 فقد جاء يحيى لكي يبين لكم طريق الصلاح، ولكنكم لم تؤمنوا به. أما جباة الضرائب والزواني فآمنوا به. وحتى بعدما رأيتم هذا، لم تتوبوا ولم تؤمنوا به.33 "اسمعوا مثلا آخر: رجل صاحب أرض غرس بستانا، وبنى حوله سورا، وحفر فيه معصرة، وبنى فيه برج حراسة، وأجره إلى فلاحين. ثم سافر إلى الخارج.34 ولما اقترب موسم الثمر، أرسل عبيده إلى الفلاحين ليستلم نصيبه من الثمر.35 فأمسك الفلاحون عبيده وضربوا الأول، وقتلوا الثاني، ورجموا الثالث.36 فأرسل عبيدا آخرين أكثر من المرة الأولى، ففعلوا بهم نفس الشيء.37 وأخيرا أرسل إليهم ابنه لأنه قال: إنهم سيحترمون ابني.38 فلما رأى الفلاحون الابن، قالوا فيما بينهم: هذا هو الوارث، تعالوا نقتله ونستولي على ميراثه.39 فأمسكوه ورموه خارج البستان وقتلوه.40 فعندما يرجع صاحب البستان، ماذا يفعل بهؤلاء الفلاحين؟"41 قالوا له: "يقتل هؤلاء الأشرار شر قتل، ويؤجر البستان لفلاحين آخرين يعطونه نصيبه من الثمر في وقته."42 قال لهم عيسـى: "ألم تقرأوا في كتاب الله أن الحجر الذي رفضه البناؤون صار تاج البناء! ربنا عمل هذا، وهو شيء عجيب في نظرنا.43 لذلك أقول لكم إن فرصة دخولكم إلى مملكة الله ستضيع عليكم وتعطى لشعب يعمل ما يطلبه الله.44 فمن يقع على هذا الحجر يتكسر، ومن يقع هذا الحجر عليه يسحقه."45 فلما سمع رؤساء الأحبار والفريسيون أمثاله، عرفوا أنه كان يتكلم عنهم.46 فحاولوا أن يقبضوا عليه، ولكنهم خافوا من الشعب، لأن الشعب كان يعتبر أنه نبي.
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.