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Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 of Matthew—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at 2the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
  2. saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.
  3. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
  4. 3This [a]took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
  5. ¶ “4SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION,
    ‘BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU,
    GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY,
    EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.’”
  6. ¶ The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,
  7. and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on [b]the coats.
  8. Most of the crowd 5spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.
  9. The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,
    ¶ “Hosanna to the 6Son of David;
    7BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD;
    Hosanna 8in the highest!”
  10. ¶ When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”
  11. And the crowds were saying, “This is 9the prophet Jesus, from 10Nazareth in Galilee.”
  12. 11And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the 12money changers and the seats of those who were selling 13doves.
  13. And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘14MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you are making it a 15ROBBERS’ [c]DEN.”
  14. ¶ And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and 16He healed them.
  15. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the 17Son of David,” they became indignant
  16. and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus *said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘18OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF’?”
  17. And He left them and went out of the city to 19Bethany, and spent the night there.
  18. 20Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.
  19. Seeing a lone 21fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.
  20. ¶ Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”
  21. And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, 22if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.
  22. And 23all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
  23. 24When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him 25while He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
  24. Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one [d]thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.
  25. The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?” And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
  26. But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the [e]people; for they all regard John as 26a prophet.”
  27. And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
  28. ¶ “But what do you think? A man had two [f]sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘[g]Son, go work today in the 27vineyard.’
  29. And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went.
  30. The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go.
  31. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that 28the tax collectors and prostitutes [h]will get into the kingdom of God before you.
  32. For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but 29the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.
  33. ¶ “Listen to another parable. 30There was a [i]landowner who 31PLANTED A 32VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to [j]vine-growers and 33went on a journey.
  34. When the [k]harvest time approached, he 34sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.
  35. The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
  36. Again he 35sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.
  37. But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
  38. But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’
  39. They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
  40. Therefore when the [l]owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”
  41. They *said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and 36will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”
  42. ¶ Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,
    ¶ ‘37THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,
    THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone;
    THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD,
    AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES’?
  43. ¶ Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a [m]people, producing the fruit of it.
  44. And 38he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”
  45. ¶ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.
  46. When they sought to seize Him, they 39feared the [n]people, because they considered Him to be a 40prophet.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit has happened
  2. ^ Lit them
  3. ^ Lit cave
  4. ^ Lit word
  5. ^ Lit crowd
  6. ^ Lit children
  7. ^ Lit Child
  8. ^ Lit are getting into
  9. ^ Lit a man, head of a household
  10. ^ Or tenant farmers, also vv 34, 35, 38, 40
  11. ^ Lit the fruit season
  12. ^ Lit lord
  13. ^ Lit nation
  14. ^ Lit crowds

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 21:1-9; Mr 11:1-10; Lu 19:29-38
  2. ^ Mt 24:3; 26:30; Mr 11:1; 13:3; 14:26; Lu 19:29, 37; 21:37; 22:39; Jn 8:1; Ac 1:12
  3. ^ Mt 21:4-9; Mr 11:7-10; Lu 19:35-38; Jn 12:12-15
  4. ^ Is 62:11; Zc 9:9
  5. ^ 2Ki 9:13
  6. ^ Mt 9:27
  7. ^ Ps 118:26
  8. ^ Lu 2:14
  9. ^ Mt 21:26; Mr 6:15; Lu 7:16, 39; 13:33; 24:19; Jn 1:21, 25; 4:19; 6:14; 7:40; 9:17; Ac 3:22f; 7:37
  10. ^ Mt 2:23
  11. ^ Mt 21:12-16; Mr 11:15-18; Lu 19:45-47; Mt 21:12, 13
  12. ^ Ex 30:13
  13. ^ Le 1:14; 5:7; 12:8
  14. ^ Is 56:7
  15. ^ Je 7:11
  16. ^ Mt 4:23
  17. ^ Mt 9:27
  18. ^ Ps 8:2; Mt 11:25
  19. ^ Mt 26:6; Mr 11:1, 11, 12; 14:3; Lu 19:29; 24:50; Jn 11:1, 18; 12:1
  20. ^ Mt 21:18-22; Mr 11:12-14, 20-24
  21. ^ Lu 13:6-9
  22. ^ Mt 17:20; Mr 11:23; Lu 17:6; Jm 1:6
  23. ^ Mt 7:7
  24. ^ Mt 21:23-27; Mr 11:27-33; Lu 20:1-8
  25. ^ Mt 26:55
  26. ^ Mt 11:9; Mr 6:20
  27. ^ Mt 20:1; 21:33
  28. ^ Lu 7:29, 37-50
  29. ^ Lu 3:12; 7:29f
  30. ^ Mt 21:33-46; Mr 12:1-12; Lu 20:9-19
  31. ^ Is 5:1, 2
  32. ^ Mt 20:1; 21:28
  33. ^ Mt 25:14
  34. ^ Mt 22:3
  35. ^ Mt 22:4
  36. ^ Mt 8:11f; Ac 13:46; 18:6; 28:28
  37. ^ Ps 118:22f; Ac 4:11; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:7
  38. ^ Is 8:14, 15
  39. ^ Mt 21:26
  40. ^ Mt 21:11

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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