1 iFor ver. 1-10, see Matt. 21:1-9; Luke 19:29-38; John 12:12-15; [Zech. 9:9] Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, tojMatt. 21:17; Luke 24:50; John 11:18 Bethphage and Bethany, atkZech. 14:4; Matt. 24:3; 26:30; John 8:1; [Acts 1:12] the Mount of Olives, Jesus sentl[ch. 14:13] two of his disciples 2 and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied,m[Luke 23:53] on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. 3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this? ’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately. ’ ” 4 And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. 5 And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt? ” 6 And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. 8 And manyn2 Kgs. 9:13 spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. 9 And those who went before and those who followed were shouting,oSee Ps. 118:25 (Heb.) “Hosanna!pMatt. 23:39; Cited from Ps. 118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10 Blessed isqSee Luke 1:32 the comingr[Ezek. 37:24, 25] kingdom ofs[Acts 2:29] our fatherr[Ezek. 37:24, 25] David!o[See ver. 9 above] HosannatLuke 2:14; [Ps. 148:1] in the highest! ”
11 uMatt. 21:10 And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late,vver. 19; Matt. 21:17 he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
12 wFor ver. 12-14, see Matt. 21:18, 19 On the following day, when they came from Bethany,xMatt. 4:2 he was hungry. 13 y[Luke 13:6-9] And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, forzch. 13:28 it was not the season for figs. 14 And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again. ” And his disciples heard it.
15 aFor ver. 15-18, see Matt. 21:12-16; Luke 19:45-47; [John 2:14-16] And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables ofb[Ex. 30:13] the money-changers and the seats of those who soldcLev. 1:14; 5:7; 12:8; Luke 2:24 pigeons. 16 And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. 17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written,dCited from Isa. 56:7 ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations ’? ButeJer. 7:11 you have made it a den of robbers. ” 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it andfSee Matt. 21:46 were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, becausegSee Matt. 7:28 all the crowd was astonished at his teaching. 19 hLuke 21:37; [ver. 11] And when evening came they went out of the city.
20 iFor ver. 20-24, see Matt. 21:19-22 As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. 21 And Peter remembered and said to him,jSee John 1:38 “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered. ” 22 And Jesus answered them, “HavekEph. 3:12; Phil. 3:9 faith in God. 23 lMatt. 17:20 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,m[Ps. 46:2; 1 Cor. 13:2; Rev. 8:8] ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea, ’ and does notnRom. 4:20; 14:23; James 1:6 doubt in his heart, buto[ch. 16:17; John 14:12] believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. 24 Therefore I tell you,pSee Matt. 7:7 whatever you ask in prayer,o[See ver. 23 above] believe that youq[Isa. 65:24; Matt. 6:8] have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And wheneverrMatt. 6:5; Luke 18:11 you stand praying,sSee Matt. 6:14 forgive,tCol. 3:13; [Matt. 5:23; 6:15] if you have anything against anyone, so thatuMatt. 7:11 your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. ”
27 vFor ver. 27-33, see Matt. 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28 and they said to him,w[Ex. 2:14; John 1:25; Acts 4:7] “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them? ” 29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 Was the baptism of JohnxLuke 15:18, 21; John 3:27 from heaven or from man? Answer me. ” 31 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven, ’ he will say,yMatt. 21:32; Luke 7:30 ‘Why then did you not believe him? ’ 32 But shall we say, ‘From man ’? ” —zMatt. 14:5; 21:46 they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really wasa[John 5:35]; See Matt. 11:9 a prophet. 33 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know. ” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. ”