Matthew 21:1-22

The Triumphal Entry

1 ¹Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to ²the Mount of Olives, then Jesus ³sent 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 ⁴to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

5 ⁵“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, ⁶humble, 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 ⁷spread 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, ⁸“Hosanna to ⁹the Son of David! ¹⁰Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna ¹¹in the highest! ”

10 And ¹²when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this? ”

11 And the crowds said, “This is ¹³the prophet Jesus, ¹⁴from Nazareth of Galilee. ”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

12 ¹⁵And Jesus entered the temple^[b] and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of ¹⁶the money-changers and the seats of those who sold ¹⁷pigeons.

13 He said to them, “It is written, ¹⁸‘My house shall be called a house of prayer, ’ but ¹⁹you make it a den of robbers. ”

14 ²⁰And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

15 ²¹But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, ²²“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; ²³have you never read, ²⁴“‘Out of the mouth of ²⁵infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’? ”

17 And ²⁶leaving them, he ²⁷went out of the city to ²⁸Bethany and lodged there.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

18 ²⁹In the morning, as he was returning to the city, ³⁰he became hungry.

19 ³¹And 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, ³²“Truly, I say to you, ³³if you have faith and ³⁴do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ³⁵‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea, ’ it will happen.

22 And ³⁶whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, ³⁷if you have faith. ”