Dual Panel1Now as <3753> they approached <1448> Jerusalem <2414>, near <1519> Bethphage <967> and <2532> Bethany <963>, at <4314> the Mount <3735> of Olives <1636>, Jesus sent <649> two <1417> of his <846> disciples <3101>
2and <2532> said <3004> to them <846>, “Go <5217> to <1519> the village <2968> ahead <2713> of you <5216>. As soon as <2117> you enter <1531> it <846>, you will find <2147> a colt <4454> tied <1210> there that <3739> has <2523> never <3762> <3768> been ridden <2523>. Untie <3089> it <846> and <2532> bring <5342> it here.
3If <1437> anyone <5100> says <2036> to you <5213>, ‘Why <5101> are you doing <4160> this <5124>?’ say <2036>, ‘The Lord <2962> needs <5532> <2192> it <846> and <2532> will send <649> it <846> back <3825> here <5602> soon <2117>.’”
4So <2532> they went <565> and <2532> found <2147> a colt <4454> tied <1210> at <4314> a door <2374>, outside <1854> in <1909> the street <296>, and <2532> untied <3089> it <846>.
5Some people <5100> standing <2476> there <1563> said <3004> to them <846>, “What <5101> are you doing <4160>, untying <3089> that colt <4454>?”
6They replied <3004> as <2531> Jesus <2424> had told <3004> them <846>, and <2532> the bystanders let <863> them <846> go <863>.
7Then <2532> they brought <5342> the colt <4454> to <4314> Jesus <2424>, threw <1911> their <846> cloaks <2440> on it <846>, and <2532> he sat <2523> on <1909> it <846>.
8Many <4183> spread <4766> their <846> cloaks <2440> on <1519> the road <3598> and <1161> others <243> spread branches <4746> they had cut <2875> in <1537> the fields <68>.
9Both <2532> those who went ahead <4254> and <2532> those who followed <190> kept shouting <2896>, “Hosanna <5614>! Blessed is <2127> the one who comes <2064> in <1722> the name <3686> of the Lord <2962>!
10Blessed is <2127> the coming <2064> kingdom <932> of our <2257> father <3962> David <1138>! Hosanna <5614> in <1722> the highest <5310>!”
11Then <2532> Jesus entered <1525> Jerusalem <2414> and went to <1519> the temple <2411>. And <2532> after looking around at <4017> everything <3956>, he went out <1831> to <1519> Bethany <963> with <3326> the twelve <1427> since it was <1510> already <2235> late <3796> <5610>.
12Now the next day <1887>, as <1831> they <846> went out <1831> from <575> Bethany <963>, he was hungry <3983>.
13After noticing <1492> in <575> the distance <3113> a fig tree <4808> with leaves <5444>, he went <2064> to see if <1487> he could find <2147> any fruit on <1722> it <846>. When <2532> he came <2064> to <1909> it <846> he found <2147> nothing <3762> but <1487> <3361> leaves <5444>, for <1063> it was <1510> not <3756> the season <2540> for figs <4810>.
14He <2532> said <611> <2036> to it <846>, “May no one <3371> ever <165> eat <5315> fruit <2590> from <1537> you <4675> again.” And <2532> his <846> disciples <3101> heard <191> it.
15Then <2532> they came <2064> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414>. Jesus entered <1525> the temple area <2411> and began <756> to drive out <1544> those who were selling <4453> and <2532> buying <59> in <1722> the temple courts <2411>. He turned over <2690> the tables <5132> of the money changers <2855> and <2532> the chairs <2515> of those selling <4453> doves <4058>,
16and <2532> he would <863> not <3756> permit <863> anyone <5100> to carry <1308> merchandise <4632> through <1223> the temple courts <2411>.
17Then <2532> he began to teach <1321> them and <2532> said <3004>, “Is it <1125> not <3756> written <1125>: ‘My <3450> house <3624> will be called <2564> a house <3624> of prayer <4335> for all <3956> nations <1484>’? But <1161> you have turned <4160> it <846> into a den <4693> of robbers <3027>!”
18The chief priests <749> and <2532> the experts in the law <1122> heard <191> it and <2532> they considered <2212> how <4459> they could assassinate <622> him <846>, for <1063> they feared <5399> him <846>, because <1063> the whole <3956> crowd <3793> was amazed <1605> by <1909> his <846> teaching <1322>.
19When <3752> evening <3796> came <1096>, Jesus and his disciples went <1607> out <1854> of the city <4172>.
20In the morning <4404> as <3899> they passed by <3899>, they saw <1492> the fig tree <4808> withered <3583> from <1537> the roots <4491>.
21Peter <4074> remembered <363> and <2532> said <3004> to him <846>, “Rabbi <4461>, look <1492>! The fig tree <4808> you cursed <2672> has withered <3583>.”
22Jesus <2424> said <3004> to them <846>, “Have <2192> faith <4102> in God <2316>.
23I tell <3004> you <5213> the truth <281>, if someone <3739> <302> says <2036> to this <5129> mountain <3735>, ‘Be lifted up <142> and <2532> thrown <906> into <1519> the sea <2281>,’ and <2532> does <1252> not <3361> doubt <1252> in <1722> his <846> heart <2588> but <235> believes <4100> that <3754> what <3739> he says <2980> will happen <1096>, it will be done <1510> for him <846>.
24For this reason <1223> <5124> I tell <3004> you <5213>, whatever <3956> <3745> you pray <4336> and <2532> ask for <154>, believe <4100> that <3754> you have received <2983> it, and <2532> it will <1510> be yours <5213>.
25Whenever <3752> you stand <4739> praying <4336>, if <1487> you have <2192> anything <5100> against <2596> anyone <5100>, forgive <863> him, so that <2443> your <5216> Father <3962> in <1722> heaven <3772> will <863> also forgive <863> you <5213> your <5216> sins <3900>.”
27They came <2064> again <3825> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414>. While <4043> Jesus was walking <4043> in <1722> the temple courts <2411>, the chief priests <749>, the experts in the law <1122>, and <2532> the elders <4245> came up <2064> to <4314> him <846>
28and <2532> said <3004>, “By <1722> what <4169> authority <1849> are you doing <4160> these things <5023>? Or <2228> who <5101> gave <1325> you <4671> this <3778> authority <1849> to <2443> do <4160> these things <5023>?”
29Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846>, “I will ask <1905> you <5209> one <1520> question <3056>. Answer <611> me <3427> and <2532> I will tell <2046> you <5213> by <1722> what <4169> authority <1849> I do <4160> these things <5023>:
30John’s <2491> baptism <908>– was <1510> it from <1537> heaven <3772> or <2228> from <1537> people <444>? Answer <611> me <3427>.”
31They discussed <1260> with <4314> one another <1438>, saying <3004>, “If <1437> we say <2036>, ‘From <1537> heaven <3772>,’ he will say <2046>, ‘Then <3767> why <5101> did you <4100> not <3756> believe <4100> him <846>?’
32But <235> if we say <2036>, ‘From <1537> people <444>–’” (they feared <5399> the crowd <3793>, for <1063> they <2192> all <537> considered <2192> John <2491> to be <1510> truly <3689> a prophet <4396>).
33So <2532> they answered <611> Jesus <2424>, “We <1492> don’t <3756> know <1492>.” Then <2532> Jesus <2424> said <3004> to them <846>, “Neither <3761> will <3004> I <1473> tell <3004> you <5213> by <1722> what <4169> authority <1849> I am doing <4160> these things <5023>.”