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Matthew 21

7 Christ rideth into Jerusalem on an ass. 12 The buyers and sellers are chased out of the Temple. 15 The children wish prosperity unto Christ. 19 The fig tree withereth. 22 Faith requisite in prayer. 25 John’s baptism. 28 The two sons. 33 The parable of the husband men. 42 The corner stone rejected. 43 The Jews rejected and the Gentiles received.
1.And *when they drew near to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of the olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
2.Saying to them, Go into the town that is over against you, and anon ye shall find an aass bound, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
3.And if any man say ought unto you, say ye, that the Lord hath need of them, and straight way he will let them go.
4.All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,
5.*Tell ye the bdaughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass, and a ccolt, the foal of an ass used to the yoke.
6.So the disciples went, and did as Jesus had commanded them,
7.And brought the ass and the colt, and put on dthem their clothes, and set him thereon.
8.And a great multitude spread their garments in the way: & other cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9.Moreover, the people that went before, and they also that followed, cried, saying, eHosanna the son of David: blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna thou which art in the fhighest heavens.
10.*And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
11.And the people said, This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazaret in Galilee.
12.*And Jesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the gTemple, & overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13.And said to them, It is written, *Mine house shalbe called the house of prayer: hbut *ye have made it a den of thieves.
14.Then the blind, and the halt came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.
15.But when the chief Priests and Scribes saw the marvels that he did, and the children crying in the Temple, and saying, Hosanna the son of David, they disdained,
16.And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said unto them, Yea: read ye never, *By of the Imouth of babes and sucklings thou hast kmade perfect the praise?
17.¶ So he left them, and went out of the city unto Bethania, and lodged there.
18.And *in the morning as he returned into the city, he was hungry,
19.And seeing a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, Never fruit grow on thee hence forwards. And anon the fig tree withered.
20.And when his disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered!
21.And Jesus answered & said unto them, *Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do that, which I have done to the fig tree, but also if ye say unto this mountain, lTake thy self away, and cast thy self into the sea, it shalbe done.
22.*And whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, if ye believe, ye shall receive it.
23.*And when he was come into the Temple, the chief Priests, and the Elders of the people came unto him, as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
24.Then Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask of you a certain thing, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25.The baptism of John whence was it? ^from heaven, or of men? Then they reasoned among them selves, saying, If we shall say from heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
26.And if we say, Of men, we mfear the people: *for all hold John as a Prophet.
27.Then they answered Jesus, and said, We can not tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28.¶ But what think ye? A certain man had two sons, and came to the elder, and said, Son, go and work to day in my vineyard.
29.But he answered and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented him self, and went.
30.Then came he to the second, and said likewise. And he answered, and said, I will, sir: yet he went not.
31.Whether of them twain did the will of the father? They said unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the nPublicans and the harlots shall go before you into the kingdom of God.
32.For John came unto you in the oway of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the Publicans, and the harlots believed him, and ye, though ye saw it, were not moved with repentance afterward, that ye might believe him.
33.¶ Hear another parable, There was a certain householder, *which planted a pvineyard, and qhedged it round about, and ^made a winepress therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country.
34.And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to rthe husbandmen to receive the fruits thereof.
35.And the husbandmen took his sservants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36.Again he sent other servants, more then the first: and they did like unto them.
37.But last of all he sent unto them his own tson, saying, They will reverence my son.
38.But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among them selves, *This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and let us take his inheritance.
39.So they took him, & cast him out of the vineyard, & slew him.
40.When therefore the Lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?
41.They say unto him, He will cruelly destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall deliver him the fruits in their seasons.
42.Jesus said unto them, Read ye never in the Scriptures, *The stone which the builders urefused, the same is made the xhead of the corner? This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
43.Therefore say I unto you, the kingdom of God shalbe taken from you, and shalbe given to a nation, which shall bring forth the fruits thereof.
44.*And whosoever shall fall on this stone, he shalbe broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45.And when the chief Priests and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
46.And they seeking to lay hands on him, feared the people, because they took him as a Prophet.

Notes

1-*.
Mar. 11.1, Luk. 19.29.
2-a.
By this entry Christ would show the state and condition of his kingdom, which is far contrary to the pomp and glory of the world.
5-*.
Isa. 62.11, Zach. 9.9, John 12.15.
5-b.
That is, the city Zion, or Jerusalem.
5-c.
It is a manner of speech called synecdoche, whereby two are taken for one.
7-d.
He rode on the fold, and the dame went by.
9-e.
Which is to say, Save I pray thee, desiring God to prosper and send good success to the Messiah.
9-f.
For God which is in heaven must only save.
10-*.
Mar. 11.11.
12-*.
Luk. 19.45, Joh. 2.13.
12-g.
In the porch or entry into the Temple.
13-*.
Isa. 56.7.
13-*-1.
Jere. 7.11, Mar. 11.17, Luk. 19.46.
13-h.
Under the pretence of religion hypocrites seek their own gain, and spoil God of his true worship.
16-*.
Psal. 8.2.
16-i.
If God reveals his glory and might by babes, that can not as yet speak, is it marvel, if they that can speak, do set forth, and magnify the same?
16-k.
In Ebrewe it is, has ordained or grounded the strength: which is all to one purpose, because God is then most praised when his strength is best known.
18-*.
Mar. 11.12.
21-*.
Chap. 17.20.
21-l.
Which thing seems to be impossible.
22-*.
Chap. 7.7, John 15.7, 1 John 3.22.
23-*.
Mar. 11.27, Luk. 20.1.
25-^.
Or, of God.
26-*.
Chap. 14.5, Mar. 6.20.
26-m.
The hypocrites fear man more then God, and malice never justifies the truth.
31-n.
So far it is impossible for them to repent and be saved, that stand in their own conceit, that the greatest sinners that are, shall more soon come to repentance.
32-o.
God taught by John the way of righteousness, whose life was upright and perfect.
33-*.
Isa. 5.1, Jere. 2.21, Mar. 12.1, Luk. 20.9.
33-^.
Or, digged.
33-p.
The vineyard is the people, whom he had elected.
33-q.
Used all means to preserve it, and to make it fruitful.
34-r.
Which were the Priests and rulers.
35-s.
The Prophets.
37-t.
Jesus Christ.
38-*.
Chap. 26.3 and 27.1, John 11.53.
42-*.
Psal. 118.22, Mar. 12.10, Luk. 20.17, Act. 4.11, Rom. 9.33, 1 Pet. 2.7.
42-u.
As not met or fit for their building.
42-x.
To fasten and join the building together, and to uphold the whole.
44-*.
Isa. 8.14.