1 Christ rides into Jerusalem upon an ass;
12 drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
17 curses the fig-tree;
23 puts to silence the priests and elders,
28 and rebukes them by the similitude of the two sons,
33 and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them.

when. Mr 11:1 Lu 19:28

Bethphage. Bethphage was a village on the declivity of Mount Olivet, and somewhat nearer to Jerusalem than Bethany.

the mount. 24:3 26:30 Zec 14:4 Lu 19:37 21:37 Joh 8:1 Ac 1:12

2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

26:18 Mr 11:2,3 14:13-16 Lu 19:30-32 Joh 2:5-8

3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

The Lord. 1Ch 29:14-16 Ps 24:1 50:10,11 Hag 2:8,9 Joh 3:35 17:2 Ac 17:25 2Co 8:9

straightway. 1Sa 10:26 1Ki 17:9 Ezr 1:1,5 7:27 2Co 8:1,2,16 Jas 1:17

4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

this. 1:22 26:56 Joh 19:36,37

saying. Zec 9:9 Joh 12:15

5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

the daughter. Ps 9:14 Isa 12:6 40:9 62:11 Zep 3:14,15 Mr 11:4 *etc:

thy King. 2:2,6 Ge 49:10 Nu 24:19 Ps 2:6-12 45:1 *etc: Ps 72:1 *etc: Ps 110:1-4 Isa 9:6,7 Jer 23:5,6 Eze 34:24 37:24 Da 2:44,45 Da 7:13,14 Mic 5:2 Zec 6:12,13 Joh 1:49 19:15-22

meek. 11:29 12:19,20 2Co 10:1 Php 2:3-5

sitting. De 17:16 Jud 5:10 12:14 2Sa 16:2 1Ki 1:33 10:26 Ho 1:7 Mic 5:10,11 Zec 9:10

6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

and did. Ge 6:22 12:4 Ex 39:43 40:16 1Sa 15:11 Joh 15:14

7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

brought. Mr 11:4-8 Lu 19:32-35

put. 2Ki 9:13

8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

others. Le 23:40 Joh 12:13

9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

Hosanna. 15 Ps 118:24-26 Mr 11:9,10

Blessed. 23:39 Lu 19:37,38 Joh 12:13-15

in the highest. Lu 2:14

10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

all. 2:3 Ru 1:19 1Sa 16:4 Joh 12:16-19

Who. So 3:6 Isa 63:1 Lu 5:21 7:49 9:9 20:2 Joh 2:18 Ac 9:5

11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

This. 16:13,14 De 18:15-19 Lu 7:16 Joh 7:40 9:17 Ac 3:22,23 7:37

of Nazareth. 2:23 Joh 1:45,46 6:14

12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

went. Mal 3:1,2 Mr 11:11

and cast. Mr 11:15 Lu 19:45,46 Joh 2:14-17

money-changers. De 14:24-26

doves. Le 1:14 5:7,11 12:6,8 14:22,30 15:14,29 Lu 2:24

13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

It is. 2:5 Joh 15:25

My. Ps 93:5 Isa 56:7

ye. Jer 7:11 Mr 11:17 Lu 19:46

14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

9:35 11:4,5 Isa 35:5 Ac 3:1-9 10:38

15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,

when. 23 26:3,59 27:1,20 Isa 26:11 Mr 11:18 Lu 19:39,40 20:1 22:2,66 Joh 11:47-49,57 12:19

Hosanna. 9 22:42 Joh 7:42

they were. Joh 4:1

16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Hearest. Lu 19:39,40 Joh 11:47,48 Ac 4:16-18

have. 12:3 19:4 22:31 Mr 2:25

Out. 11:25 Ps 8:2

17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

he left. 16:4 Jer 6:8 Ho 9:12 Mr 3:7 Lu 8:37,38

Bethany. Bethany was a village to the east of the mount of Olives, on the road to Jericho; fifteen stadia, (Joh. 11:18) or nearly two miles, as Jerome states, from Jerusalem. This village is now small and poor, and the cultivation of the soil around it is much neglected; but it is a pleasant, romantic spot, shaded by the mount of Olives, and abounding in vines and long grass. It consists of from thirty to forty dwellings inhabited by about 600 Mohammedans, for whose use there is a neat little mosque standing on an eminence. Here they shew the ruins of a sort of castle as the house of Lazarus, and a grotto as his tomb; and the house of Simon the leper, of Mary Magdalene and of Martha, and the identical tree which our Lord cursed, are among the monkish curiosities of the place.

Mr 11:11,19 Lu 10:38 Joh 11:1,18 12:1-3

18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

in. Mr 11:12,13

he hungered. 4:2 12:1 Lu 4:2 Heb 4:15

19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

fig-tree. Gr. one fig-tree. and found Isa 5:4,5 Lu 3:9 13:6-9 Joh 15:2,6 2Ti 3:5 Tit 1:16

Let. Mr 11:14 Lu 19:42-44 Heb 6:7,8 2Pe 2:20-22 Re 22:11

the fig-tree. Jude 1:12

20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

How. Isa 40:6-8 Mr 11:20,21 Jas 1:10,11

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

If ye have. 17:20 Mr 11:22,23 Lu 17:6,7 Ro 4:19,20 1Co 13:2 Jas 1:6

Be thou removed. 8:12

22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

7:7,11 18:19 Mr 11:24 Lu 11:8-10 Joh 14:13 15:7 16:24 Jas 5:16 1Jo 3:22 5:14,15

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?

when. Mr 11:27,28 Lu 19:47,48 20:1,2

the chief priests. 1Ch 24:1 *etc:

By what. Ex 2:14 Ac 4:7 7:27

24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

I also. 10:16 Pr 26:4,5 Lu 6:9 Col 4:6

25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

baptism. 3:1 *etc: 11:7-15 17:12,13 Mr 1:1-11 11:27-33 Lu 1:11-17,67-80 Lu 3:2-20 7:28-35 Joh 1:6,15,25-34 3:26-36

Why. Lu 20:5 Joh 3:18 5:33-36,44-47 10:25,26 12:37-43 1Jo 3:20

26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

we fear. 46 14:5 Isa 57:11 Mr 11:32 12:12 Lu 20:6,19 22:2 Joh 9:22 Ac 5:26

for. Mr 6:20 Joh 5:35 10:41,42

27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

We cannot tell. 15:14 16:3 23:16 *etc: Isa 6:10 28:9 29:10-12 42:19,20 56:10,11 Jer 8:7-9 Mal 2:6-9 Lu 20:7,8 Joh 9:30,40,41 Ro 1:18-22,28 2Co 4:3 2Th 2:9,10

28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

what. 17:25 22:17 Lu 13:4 1Co 10:15

A certain. Lu 15:11-32

Son. 20:5-7 Mr 13:34 1Co 15:58

29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

I will not. 31 Jer 44:16 Eph 4:17-19

he repented. 3:2-8 2Ch 33:10-19 Isa 1:16-19 55:6,7 Eze 18:28-32 Da 4:34-37 Jon 3:2,8-10 Lu 15:17,18 Ac 26:20 1Co 6:11 Eph 2:1-13

30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

I go. 23:3 Eze 33:31 Ro 2:17-25 Tit 1:16

31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

did. 7:21 12:50 Eze 33:11 Lu 15:10 Ac 17:30 2Pe 3:9

The first. 2Sa 12:5-7 Job 15:6 Lu 7:40-42 19:22 Ro 3:19

Verily. 5:18 6:5 18:3

the publicans. 9:9 20:16 Lu 7:29,37-50 15:1,2 19:9,10 Ro 5:20 9:30-33 1Ti 1:13-16

32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

came. 3:1-8 Isa 35:8 Jer 6:16 Lu 3:8-13 2Pe 2:21

and ye believed. 25 11:18 Lu 7:29,30 Joh 5:33-36 Ac 13:25-29

the publicans. Lu 7:37 *etc:

repented. Ps 81:11,12 Zec 7:11,12 Joh 5:37-40 2Ti 2:25 Heb 3:12 6:6-8 Re 2:21

33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Hear. In this parable, in its primary sense, the householder denotes the Supreme Being; the family, the Jewish nation; the vineyard, Jerusalem; the fence, the Divine protection; the wine-press, the law and sacrificial rites; the tower, the temple; and the husbandmen, the priests and doctors of the law.

13:18 1Ki 22:19 Isa 1:10 Jer 19:3 Ho 4:1

There. Ps 80:8-16 So 8:11,12 Isa 5:1-4 Jer 2:21 Mr 12:1 Lu 20:9 *etc: Joh 15:1

husbandmen. 23:2 De 1:15-17 16:18 17:9-12 33:8-10 Mal 2:4-9

went. 25:14,15 Mr 13:34 Lu 19:12

34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

he sent. 2Ki 17:13,14 *etc: 2Ch 36:15,16 Ne 9:29,30 Jer 25:3-7 35:15 Zec 1:3-6 7:9-13 Mr 12:2-5 Lu 20:10-19

that. So 8:11,12 Isa 5:4

35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

5:12 23:31-37 1Ki 18:4,13 19:2,10 22:24 2Ch 16:10 24:21,22 2Ch 36:15,16 Ne 9:26 Jer 2:30 25:3-7 26:21-24 Lu 13:33,34 Ac 7:52 1Th 2:15,16 Heb 11:36,37 Re 6:9

36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

last. 3:17 Mr 12:6 Lu 20:13 Joh 1:18,34 3:16,35,36 Heb 1:1,2

They. Isa 5:4 Jer 36:3 Zep 3:7

38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

This. 2:13-16 26:3,4 27:1,2 Ge 37:18-20 Ps 2:2-8 Mr 12:7,8 Lu 20:14 Joh 11:47-53 Ac 4:27,28 5:24-28

39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

caught. 26:50,57 Mr 14:46-53 Lu 22:52-54 Joh 18:12,24 Ac 2:23 4:25-27

cast. Heb 13:11-13

slew. Ac 2:23 3:14,15 4:10 5:30 7:52 Jas 5:6

40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

what. Mr 12:9 Lu 20:15,16 Heb 10:29

41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

they say. Our Lord here causes them to pass that sentence of destruction upon themselves which was literally executed about forty years afterwards by the Roman armies.

He will. 3:12 22:6,7 23:35-38 24:21,22 Le 26:14 *etc: De 28:59-68 Ps 2:4,5,9 Isa 5:5-7 Da 9:26 Zec 11:8-10 12:12 Zec 13:8 14:2,3 Mal 4:1-6 Lu 17:32-37 19:41-44 21:22-24 1Th 2:16 Heb 2:3 12:25

and will let out. 43 8:11 Isa 49:5-7 65:15 66:19-21 Lu 13:28,29 14:23,24 21:24 Ac 13:46-48 15:7 18:6 28:8 Ro 9:1-11:36 15:9-18

42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Did. 16

The stone. Ps 118:22,23 Isa 28:16 Zec 3:8,9 Mr 12:10,11 Lu 20:17,18 Ac 4:11 Ro 9:33 Eph 2:20 1Pe 2:4-8

and it is. Hab 1:5 Ac 13:40,41 Eph 3:3-9

43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

The kingdom. 41 8:11,12 12:28 Isa 28:2 Lu 17:20,21 Joh 3:3,5

a nation. Ex 19:6 Isa 26:2 1Co 13:2 1Pe 2:9

44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

whosoever. Ps 2:12 Isa 8:14,15 60:12 Zec 12:3 Lu 20:18 Ro 9:33 2Co 4:3,4 1Pe 2:8

but. 26:24 27:25 Ps 2:9 21:8,9 110:5,6 Da 2:34,35,44,45 Joh 19:11 1Th 2:16 Heb 2:2,3

45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

they. 12:12 Lu 11:45 20:19

46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

they sought. 2Sa 12:7-13 Pr 9:7-9 15:12 Isa 29:1 Joh 7:7

because. 11 Lu 7:16,39 Joh 7:40,41 Ac 2:22