Matthew 21:8-18

8 Most of the crowd ¹spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.

9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the ²Son of David; ³BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna ⁴in the highest!"

10 When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"

11 And the crowds were saying, "This is ⁵the prophet Jesus, from ⁶Nazareth in Galilee."

Cleansing the Temple

12 ⁷And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the ⁸money changers and the seats of those who were selling ⁹doves.

13 And He said to them, "It is written, '¹⁰MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER '; but you are making it a ¹¹ROBBERS' DEN."

14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and ¹²He healed them.

15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the ¹³Son of David," they became indignant

16 and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, '¹⁴OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"

17 And He left them and went out of the city to ¹⁵Bethany, and spent the night there.

The Barren Fig Tree

18 ¹⁶Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.

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Cross References 16

1. 2 Kings 9:13
2. Matthew 9:27
3. Psalms 118:26
4. Luke 2:14
5. Matthew 21:26; Mark 6:15; Luke 7:16, 39; Luke 13:33; John 4:19">2John 4:19; John 1:21, 25; John 4:19; John 6:14; John 7:40; John 9:17; Acts 3:22; Acts 7:37
6. Matthew 2:23
7. Matthew 21:12-16: {Mark 11:15-18; Luke 19:45-47;} Matthew 21:12, 13: {John 2:13-16}
8. Exodus 30:13
9. Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7; Leviticus 12:8
10. Isaiah 56:7
11. Jeremiah 7:11
12. Matthew 4:23
13. Matthew 9:27
14. Psalms 8:2; Matthew 11:25
15. Matthew 26:6; Mark 11:1, 11, 12; Mark 14:3; Luke 19:29; Luke 24:50; John 11:1, 18; John 12:1
16. Matthew 21:18-22: {Mark 11:12-14, 20-24}

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "cave"