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¹ As He rode along, people were spreading their coats on the road [as an act of homage before a king].

² As soon as He was approaching [Jerusalem], near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the entire multitude of the disciples [all those who were or claimed to be His followers] began praising God [adoring Him enthusiastically and] joyfully with loud voices for all the miracles and works of power that they had seen,

³ shouting, "Blessed (celebrated, praised) is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory (majesty, splendor) in the highest [heaven]!"

⁴ Some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples [for shouting these Messianic praises]."

⁵ Jesus replied, "I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!"

⁶ As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],

⁷ saying, "If [only] you had known on this day [of salvation], even you, the things which make for peace [and on which peace depends]! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

⁸ For a time [of siege] is coming when your enemies will put up a barricade [with pointed stakes] against you, and surround you [with armies] and hem you in on every side,

⁹ and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation]."

¹⁰ Jesus went into the temple [enclosure] and began driving out those who were selling,

¹¹ saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a robbers' den."

¹² He was teaching day after day in the temple [porches and courts]; but the chief priests and scribes and the leading men among the people were seeking [a way] to put Him to death,

¹³ and they could not find anything that they could do, for all the people [stayed close to Him and] were hanging on to[5] every word He said.

¹⁴ On one of the days, as Jesus was instructing the people in the temple [area] and preaching the good news (gospel),[1] the chief priests and the scribes along with the elders confronted Him,

¹⁵ and said to Him, "Tell us by what kind of authority You are doing these things? Or who is the one who gave You this authority?"

¹⁶ Jesus replied, "I will also ask you a question. You tell Me:

¹⁷ The baptism of John [the Baptist]—was it from heaven [that is, ordained by God] or from men?"

¹⁸ They discussed and debated it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

¹⁹ But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are firmly convinced that John was a prophet."

²⁰ So they replied that they did not know from where it came.

²¹ Then Jesus said to them, "Nor am I telling you by what [kind of] authority I do these things."

²² Then He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].

²³ At harvest time he sent a servant [as his representative] to the tenants, so that they would give him his share of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

²⁴ So he again sent another servant; they also beat him and dishonored and treated him disgracefully and sent him away empty-handed.

²⁵ And he sent yet a third; and this one too they wounded and threw out [of the vineyard].

²⁶ Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will have respect for him.'

²⁷ But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves, saying, 'This [man] is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'

²⁸ So they threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

²⁹ He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others." When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, "May it never be!"

³⁰ But Jesus looked at them and said, "What then is [the meaning of] this that is written: 'The [very] Stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief Cornerstone'?

³¹ Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken and shattered in pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him."

³² The scribes and the chief priests tried to [find a way to] arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; because they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

³³ So they watched [for a chance to trap] Him. They sent spies who pretended to be upright and sincere, in order that they might catch Him in some statement [that they could distort and use against Him], so that they could turn Him over to the control and authority of [Pilate] the governor.

³⁴ They asked Him, "Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and that You show no partiality to anyone, but teach the way of God truthfully.

³⁵ Is it lawful [according to Jewish law and tradition] for us to pay taxes (tribute money) to[2] Caesar or not?"

³⁶ But He saw through their trickery and said to them,

³⁷ "Show Me a [Roman] denarius. Whose image and inscription does the coin have?" They answered, "[the Emperor Tiberius] Caesar's."

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1	As He rode along, people were spreading their coats on the road [as an act of homage before a king].
2	As soon as He was approaching [Jerusalem], near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the entire multitude of the disciples [all those who were or claimed to be His followers] began praising God [adoring Him enthusiastically and] joyfully with loud voices for all the miracles and works of power that they had seen,
3	shouting, "Blessed (celebrated, praised) is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory (majesty, splendor) in the highest [heaven]!"
4	Some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples [for shouting these Messianic praises]."
5	Jesus replied, "I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!"
6	As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],
7	saying, "If [only] you had known on this day [of salvation], even you, the things which make for peace [and on which peace depends]! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
8	For a time [of siege] is coming when your enemies will put up a barricade [with pointed stakes] against you, and surround you [with armies] and hem you in on every side,
9	and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation]."
10	Jesus went into the temple [enclosure] and began driving out those who were selling,
11	saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a robbers' den."
12	He was teaching day after day in the temple [porches and courts]; but the chief priests and scribes and the leading men among the people were seeking [a way] to put Him to death,
13	and they could not find anything that they could do, for all the people [stayed close to Him and] were hanging on to[5] every word He said.
14	On one of the days, as Jesus was instructing the people in the temple [area] and preaching the good news (gospel),[1] the chief priests and the scribes along with the elders confronted Him,
15	and said to Him, "Tell us by what kind of authority You are doing these things? Or who is the one who gave You this authority?"
16	Jesus replied, "I will also ask you a question. You tell Me:
17	The baptism of John [the Baptist]—was it from heaven [that is, ordained by God] or from men?"
18	They discussed and debated it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
19	But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are firmly convinced that John was a prophet."
20	So they replied that they did not know from where it came.
21	Then Jesus said to them, "Nor am I telling you by what [kind of] authority I do these things."
22	Then He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].
23	At harvest time he sent a servant [as his representative] to the tenants, so that they would give him his share of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
24	So he again sent another servant; they also beat him and dishonored and treated him disgracefully and sent him away empty-handed.
25	And he sent yet a third; and this one too they wounded and threw out [of the vineyard].
26	Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will have respect for him.'
27	But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves, saying, 'This [man] is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'
28	So they threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
29	He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others." When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, "May it never be!"
30	But Jesus looked at them and said, "What then is [the meaning of] this that is written: 'The [very] Stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief Cornerstone'?
31	Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken and shattered in pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him."
32	The scribes and the chief priests tried to [find a way to] arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; because they understood that He spoke this parable against them.
33	So they watched [for a chance to trap] Him. They sent spies who pretended to be upright and sincere, in order that they might catch Him in some statement [that they could distort and use against Him], so that they could turn Him over to the control and authority of [Pilate] the governor.
34	They asked Him, "Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and that You show no partiality to anyone, but teach the way of God truthfully.
35	Is it lawful [according to Jewish law and tradition] for us to pay taxes (tribute money) to[2] Caesar or not?"
36	But He saw through their trickery and said to them,
37	"Show Me a [Roman] denarius. Whose image and inscription does the coin have?" They answered, "[the Emperor Tiberius] Caesar's."

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