[1] And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the
Mountain of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, [2] And said to them, Go
into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a
young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated;
let him loose, and come back with him. [3] And if anyone says to you, Why
are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back
straight away. [4] And they went away and saw a young ass by the door
outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose. [5] And some
of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass?
[6] And they said to them the words which Jesus had said; and they let them
go. [7] And they took the young ass to Jesus, and put their clothing on
him, and he got on his back. [8] And a great number put down their clothing
in the way; and others put down branches which they had taken from the
fields. [9] And those who went in front, and those who came after, were
crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: [10] A
blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest.
[11] And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round
about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the
twelve. [12] And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he
was in need of food. [13] And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with
leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came
to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.
[14] And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his
disciples took note of his words. [15] And they came to Jerusalem; and he
went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there,
overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who
were offering doves for money; [16] And he would not let any man take a
vessel through the Temple. [17] And he gave them teaching, and said to
them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer
for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves. [18] And it
came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought
how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the
people were full of wonder at his teaching. [19] And every evening he went
out of the town. [20] And when they were going by in the morning, they saw
the fig-tree dead from the roots. [21] And Peter, having a memory of it,
said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead. [22]
And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith. [23] Truly I say to
you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea;
and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come
about, he will have his desire. [24] For this reason I say to you, Whatever
you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you,
and you will have it. [25] And whenever you make a prayer, let there be
forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that
you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.
[26] [] [27] And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in
the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those
in authority: [28] And they said to him, By what authority do you do these
things? or who gave you authority to do these things? [29] And Jesus said
to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say
by what authority I do these things. [30] The baptism of John, was it from
heaven or from men? give me an answer. [31] And they gave thought to it
among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did
you not have faith in him? [32] But if we say, From men--they were in fear
of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet. [33] And they
said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I
will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
