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Andwhen they drew nighuntoJerusalem,and were cometoBethphage,unto the mount of Olives,thensentJesustwodisciples,
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Saying unto them,Gointo the village over againstyou,andstraightway ye shall find an asstied , and a coltwithher:loose them, and bring them unto me.
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Andif any mansayought unto you, ye shall say* , The Lordhathneed of them;andstraightway he will sendthem.
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All*this was done , that it might be fulfilledwhich was spokenby the prophet,saying ,
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Tell ye the daughter of Sion,Behold , thyKingcometh unto thee,meek,andsittingupon an ass,and a colt the foal of an ass.
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And the discipleswent , anddidasJesuscommandedthem,
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And brought the ass,and the colt,andputonthemtheirclothes,and they set him thereon*.
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And a very greatmultitudespreadtheirgarmentsin the way;otherscutdownbranchesfrom the trees,andstrawed them in the way.
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And the multitudes that went before , and that followed , cried , saying , Hosanna to the Son of David:Blessed is he that comethin the name of the Lord;Hosannain the highest.
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And when he was comeintoJerusalem,all the city was moved , saying , Whoisthis?
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And the multitudesaid , ThisisJesus the prophetofNazareth of Galilee.
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AndJesuswentinto the temple of God,and cast out all them that soldandboughtin the temple,andoverthrew the tables of the moneychangers,and the seats of them that solddoves,
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Andsaid unto them,It is written , Myhouse shall be called the house of prayer;butye have madeit a den of thieves.
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And the blindand the lamecame to himin the temple;and he healedthem.
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And when the chief priestsandscribessaw the wonderful thingsthat he did , and the childrencryingin the temple,andsaying , Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased ,
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Andsaid unto him, Hearest thouwhatthesesay ? AndJesussaith unto them,Yea; have ye neverread* , Out of the mouth of babesandsucklings thou hast perfectedpraise?
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And he leftthem, and went out of the cityintoBethany;and he lodgedthere.
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Now in the morning as he returnedinto the city, he hungered .
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And when he sawa fig treein the way, he cametoit,andfoundnothingthereon*, butleavesonly,andsaid unto it,Let nofruitgrowontheehenceforwardforever.Andpresently the fig tree withered away .
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And when the disciplessaw it, they marvelled , saying , Howsoon is the fig tree withered away !
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Jesusansweredandsaid unto them,Verily I say unto you,If ye havefaith,anddoubtnot, ye shallnotonlydothis which is done to the fig tree,but also if ye shall say unto thismountain, Be thou removed , and be thou castinto the sea; it shall be done .
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And all things,whatsoeverye shall askinprayer,believing , ye shall receive .
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And when he was comeinto the temple, the chief priestsand the elders of the peoplecame unto him as he was teaching , and said , Bywhatauthority doest thou these things?andwhogavetheethisauthority?
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AndJesusanswered and said unto them, I also will askyouonething,whichif ye tellme, I in like wise will tellyoubywhatauthority I do these things.
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The baptism of John,whence was it ? fromheaven,orofmen?And they reasonedwiththemselves,saying , If we shall say , Fromheaven; he will say unto us,Why did yenotthenbelievehim?
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Butif we shall say , Ofmen; we fear the people;forallholdJohnas a prophet.
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And they answeredJesus, and said , We cannottell . Andhesaid unto them,NeithertellIyoubywhatauthority I do these things.
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Butwhatthinkye? A certain manhadtwosons;and he came to the first, and said , Son,gowork to dayinmyvineyard.
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He answered* and said , I willnot:butafterward he repented , and went .
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And he came to the second, and saidlikewise.And he answered and said , I go, sir:andwentnot.
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Whetherof them twaindid the will of his father? They say unto him, The first.Jesussaith unto them,Verily I say unto you,That the publicansand the harlotsgointo the kingdom of Godbeforeyou.
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ForJohncameuntoyouin the way of righteousness,and ye believedhimnot:but the publicansand the harlotsbelievedhim:andye, when ye had seen it, repentednotafterward, that ye might believehim.
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Hearanotherparable: There was a certain*householder,whichplanted a vineyard,andhedgedit round about , anddigged a winepressinit,andbuilt a tower,andletitout to husbandmen,and went into a far country :
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Andwhen the time of the fruit drew near , he senthisservantsto the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
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And the husbandmentookhisservants, and beatone*, andkilledanother,andstonedanother.
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Again, he sentotherservantsmore than the first:and they did unto themlikewise.
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But last of all he sentuntothemhisson,saying , They will reverencemyson.
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But when the husbandmensaw the son, they saidamongthemselves,Thisis the heir;come , let us killhim,and let us seize on hisinheritance.
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And they caughthim, and cast him out of the vineyard,andslew him.
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When the lordtherefore of the vineyardcometh , what will he do unto thosehusbandmen?
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They say unto him, He will miserablydestroythose wicked men,and will let out his vineyard unto otherhusbandmen,which shall renderhim the fruitsintheirseasons.
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Jesussaith unto them,Did yeneverreadin the scriptures, The stonewhich the buildersrejected , the same is become* the head of the corner:thisis the Lord'sdoing , and it ismarvellousinoureyes?
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ThereforesayI unto you*, The kingdom of God shall be takenfromyou,andgiven to a nation bringing forth the fruitsthereof.
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And whosoever shall fallonthisstone shall be broken : butonwhomsoeverit shall fall , it will grindhim to powder .
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And when the chief priestsandPharisees had heardhisparables, they perceivedthat he spakeofthem.
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But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude,because they tookhimfor a prophet.