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1 As they were approaching Yerushalayim, near Beit-Pagei and Beit-Anyah, by the Mount of Olives, Yeshua sent two of his talmidim
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And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
2 with these instructions: "Go into the village ahead of you; and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it, and bring it here.
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And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.
3 If anyone asks you, `Why are you doing this?' tell him, `The Lord needs it,' and he will send it here right away."
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And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away.
4 They went off and found a colt in the street tied in a doorway, and they untied it.
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And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.
5 The bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
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And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass?
6 They gave the answer Yeshua had told them to give, and they let them continue.
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And they said to them the words which Jesus had said; and they let them go.
7 They brought the colt to Yeshua and threw their robes on it, and he sat on it.
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And they took the young ass to Jesus, and put their clothing on him, and he got on his back.
8 Many people carpeted the road with their clothing, while others spread out green branches which they had cut in the fields.
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And a great number put down their clothing in the way; and others put down branches which they had taken from the fields.
9 Those who were ahead and those behind shouted, "Please! Deliver us!"m "Blessed is he who comes in the name of ADONAI!"
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And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord:
10 "Blessed is the coming Kingdom of our father David!" and, "You in the highest heaven! Please! Deliver us!"
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A blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest.
11 Yeshua entered Yerushalayim, went into the Temple courts and took a good look at everything; but since it was now late, he went out with the Twelve to Beit-Anyah.
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And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
12 The next day, as they came back from Beit-Anyah, he felt hungry.
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And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.
13 Spotting in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came up to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it wasn't fig season.
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And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.
14 He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" And his talmidim heard what he said.
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And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.
15 On reaching Yerushalayim, he entered the Temple courts and began driving out those who were carrying on business there, both the merchants and their customers. He also knocked over the desks of the money-changers, upset the benches of the pigeon-dealers,
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And they came to Jerusalem; and he went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were offering doves for money;
16 and refused to let anyone carry merchandise through the Temple courts.
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And he would not let any man take a vessel through the Temple.
17 Then, as he taught them, he said, "Isn't it written in the Tanakh, My house will be called a house of prayer for all the Goyimp But you have made it into a den of robbers!"
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And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.
18 The head cohanim and the Torah-teachers heard what he said and tried to find a way to do away with him; they were afraid of him, because the crowds were utterly taken by his teaching.
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And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.
19 When evening came, they left the city.
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And every evening he went out of the town.
20 In the morning, as the talmidim passed by, they saw the fig tree withered all the way to its roots.
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And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.
21 Kefa remembered and said to Yeshua, "Rabbi! Look! The fig tree that you cursed has dried up!"
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And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.
22 He responded, "Have the kind of trust that comes from God!
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And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith.
23 Yes! I tell you that whoever does not doubt in his heart but trusts that what he says will happen can say to this mountain, `Go and throw yourself into the sea!' and it will be done for him.
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Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire.
24 Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, trust that you are receiving it, and it will be yours.
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For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.
25 And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive your offenses."
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And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.
26 Some manuscripts include verse 26: But if you do not forgive, your Father in heaven will not forgive your offenses."
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27 They went back into Yerushalayim; and as he was walking in the Temple courts, there came to him the head cohanim, the Torah-teachers and the elders;
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And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:
28 and they said to him, "What s'mikhah do you have that authorizes you to do these things? Who gave you this s'mikhah authorizing you to do them?"
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And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?
29 Yeshua said to them, "I will ask you just one question: answer me, and I will tell you by what s'mikhah I do these things.
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And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.
30 The immersion of Yochanan -- was it from Heaven or from a human source? Answer me."
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The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.
31 They discussed it among themselves: "If we say, `From Heaven,' he will say, `Then why didn't you believe him?'
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And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?
32 But if we say, `From a human source, . . . '" -- they were afraid of the people, for they all regarded Yochanan as a genuine prophet.
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But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.
33 So they answered Yeshua, "We don't know." "Then," he replied, "I won't tell you by what s'mikhah I do these things."
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And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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