d.
A warm welcome to the meek King
21:1-11
Matt. 21
:1
21:1
aAnd when they
1drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of
bOlives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
Matt. 21
:2
21:2
Saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will
1find a donkey tied and a colt with her; untie
them and lead
them to Me.
Matt. 21
:3
21:3
And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The
1Lord has need of them;
2and immediately he will send them.
Matt. 21
:4
21:4
aNow this took place in order that what was spoken through the prophet might be
bfulfilled, saying,
Matt. 21
:5
21:5
a"Say to the
1daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you,
bmeek and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, a
2foal of a beast of burden.''
Matt. 21
:6
21:6
And the disciples went and did as Jesus directed them,
Matt. 21
:7
21:7
And led the donkey and the colt. And they put their
1garments on them, and He sat upon them.
Matt. 21
:8
21:8
And most of the crowd spread their own
agarments in the road, and others cut
1bbranches from the trees and spread
them in the road.
Matt. 21
:9
21:9
And the crowds who went before Him and those who followed cried out, saying,
1Hosanna to the
2aSon of David!
bBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the
chighest!
Matt. 21
:10
21:10
And when He
aentered into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?
Matt. 21
:11
21:11
And the crowds said, This is the
aprophet Jesus from
bNazareth of Galilee.
4.
In Jerusalem
21:12—23:39
a.
Cleansing the temple
21:12-16
Matt. 21
:12
21:12
aAnd Jesus entered into the temple and cast out all those who were selling and buying in the temple. And He overturned the tables of the
bmoney changers and the seats of those who were selling the
cdoves,
Matt. 21
:13
21:13
And He said to them, It is written,
a"My house shall be called a house of prayer,'' but you are making it a
bden of robbers.
Matt. 21
:14
21:14
And the
ablind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
Matt. 21
:15
21:15
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children who were crying out in the temple and saying,
aHosanna to the Son of David, they were
1indignant.
Matt. 21
:16
21:16
And they said to Him, Do you hear what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes. Have you
anever read,
b"Out of the mouth of
cinfants and sucklings You have perfected praise''?
b.
Lodging in Bethany
21:17
Matt. 21
:17
21:17
And leaving them, He went
aout of the city to
1bBethany and lodged there.
c.
Cursing the nation of Israel
21:18-22
Matt. 21
:18
21:18
aNow in the morning as He returned to the city, He became
1bhungry.
Matt. 21
:19
21:19
And seeing a
1afig tree on the way, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, May there
2no longer be fruit from you forever! And the fig tree was instantly
3dried up.
Matt. 21
:20
21:20
And when the disciples saw
this, they marveled, saying, How did the fig tree instantly dry up?
Matt. 21
:21
21:21
And Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have
afaith and do not
bdoubt, you will not only do what
was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this
cmountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen.
Matt. 21
:22
21:22
And all that you
aask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.
d.
Tested
21:23—22:46
1)
By the chief priests and elders concerning His authority
21:23—22:14
Matt. 21
:23
21:23
aAnd when He came into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to Him as He was
bteaching and said, By what authority do You do these things? And
cwho gave You this authority?
Matt. 21
:24
21:24
And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one
1thing, which if you tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Matt. 21
:25
21:25
The baptism of John, from where did it
come, from
aheaven or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?
Matt. 21
:26
21:26
But if we say, From men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John as a
aprophet.
Matt. 21
:27
21:27
And they answered Jesus and said, We do
1not know. He too said to them,
2Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
a)
The shifting of the birthright
21:28-32
Matt. 21
:28
21:28
But what do you think? A man had two children. And he came to his first son and said, Child, go today and work in the
avineyard.
Matt. 21
:29
21:29
And he answered and said, I do not want to; yet later he regretted and went.
Matt. 21
:30
21:30
And he came to the other and said likewise. And he answered and said, I
will, sir; yet he did not go.
Matt. 21
:31
21:31
Which of the two did the will of the father? They said, The
1first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that the
atax collectors and the
bharlots are going into the kingdom of
cGod before you.
Matt. 21
:32
21:32
For John came to you in the
away of
1righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And you, when you saw
it, did not later regret
it to believe him.
b)
The transfer of the kingdom of God
21:33-46
Matt. 21
:33
21:33
aHear another parable. There was a man, a householder, who planted a
bvineyard and put a
chedge around it, and dug a
dwinepress in it, and built a tower; and he leased it out to
1vinedressers and went
eabroad.
Matt. 21
:34
21:34
And when the time
to harvest the fruit drew near, he
asent his
1slaves to the vinedressers to get his fruit.
Matt. 21
:35
21:35
And the vinedressers took his slaves and
1abeat one, and
bkilled another, and
cstoned another.
Matt. 21
:36
21:36
Again, he sent some other slaves, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
Matt. 21
:37
21:37
Then later he sent to them his
1ason, saying, They will respect my son.
Matt. 21
:38
21:38
But the vinedressers, when they saw the son, said among themselves,
1This is the
aheir. Come, let us
bkill him and take possession of his inheritance.
Matt. 21
:39
21:39
And they
atook him and cast
him 1bout of the vineyard and
ckilled him.
Matt. 21
:40
21:40
Therefore when the master of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?
Matt. 21
:41
21:41
They said to Him, He will miserably
1adestroy those evil men and will lease the vineyard to
2other vinedressers, who will give the
bfruit to him in their seasons.
Matt. 21
:42
21:42
Jesus said to them, Have you
anever read in the Scriptures,
b"The
1stone which the builders rejected, this has become the
2chead of the corner. This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes''?
Matt. 21
:43
21:43
Therefore I say to you that the
1kingdom of
aGod shall be taken from you and shall be given to a
2nation producing its
bfruit.
Matt. 21
:44
21:44
And 1he who falls on this
astone shall be broken to pieces; but on
2whomever it falls, it shall
bcrush him to powder and scatter him like chaff.
Matt. 21
:45
21:45
And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking concerning them.
Matt. 21
:46
21:46
And though they sought to
aseize Him, they feared the crowds because they held Him as a
bprophet.
