1 Un, kad tie tuvojās Jeruzālemei un nāca pie Betfagas, pie Eļļas kalna, tad Jēzus sūtīja divus no Saviem mācekļiem 2 un tiem sacīja: "Eita uz ciemu, kas jūsu priekšā, un tūdaļ jūs atradīsit ēzeļa māti piesietu un pie tās kumeļu. Atraisiet tos un vediet pie Manis. 3 Un, ja kas jums ko sacīs, tad atsakait: Tam Kungam to vajag, tūdaļ Viņš jums tos atlaidīs." 4 Bet viss tas notika, lai piepildītos pravieša sludinātais vārds: 5 sakait Ciānas meitai: redzi, tavs Ķēniņš nāk pie tevis lēnprātīgs, jādams uz ēzeļa un nastunesējas ēzeļa mātes kumeļa.- 6 Un mācekļi nogāja un darīja tā, kā Jēzus tiem bija pavēlējis, 7 atveda ēzeļa māti un kumeļu, uzlika tiem savas drēbes un sēdināja Viņu tur virsū. 8 Bet daudz ļaužu izklāja savas drēbes uz ceļa, citi cirta zarus no kokiem un kaisīja tos uz ceļa, 9 bet ļaudis, kas gāja Viņam priekšā un nopakaļ, kliedza un sauca: "Ozianna Dāvida dēlam, slavēts, kas nāk Tā Kunga Vārdā! Ozianna visaugstākās debesīs!" 10 Un, kad Viņš iejāja Jeruzālemē, visa pilsēta sacēlās un sacīja: "Kas Tas tāds?" 11 Bet ļaudis sacīja: "Šis ir pravietis Jēzus no Nacaretes Galilejā." 12 Un Jēzus iegāja Templī un izdzina laukā visus, kas Templī pārdeva un pirka, apgāza naudas mijēju galdus un baložu pārdevēju solus 13 un saka tiem: "Ir rakstīts: Manam namam jābūt lūgšanas namam, - bet jūs to padarāt par slepkavu bedri." 14 Un akli un tizli nāca pie Viņa Templī, un Viņš dziedināja tos. 15 Bet, kad augstie priesteri un rakstu mācītāji redzēja brīnuma darbus, ko Viņš darīja, un dzirdēja bērnus Templī kliedzam un saucam: Ozianna Dāvida dēlam! - tad tie apskaitās 16 un sacīja Viņam: "Vai Tu nedzirdi, ko šie saka?" Bet Jēzus saka tiem: "Dzirdu gan. Vai jūs nekad neesat lasījuši: no bērniņu un zīdaiņu mutes Tu Sev slavu sagādājis?" 17 Un Viņš atstāja tos, izgāja no pilsētas uz Betāniju un palika tur pa nakti. 18 Bet, kad Viņš rīta agrumā atkal gāja uz pilsētu, Viņam gribējās ēst. 19 Un Viņš redzēja vīģes koku ceļmalā, piegāja klāt un neatrada uz tā nekā kā tikai lapas vien un sacīja: "Uz tevis augļi nemūžam vairs lai neaug." Un vīģes koks tūdaļ nokalta. 20 Un mācekļi, to redzēdami, brīnījās un sacīja: "Kā vīģes koks tik ātri nokalta?" 21 Bet Jēzus atbildēja un sacīja tiem: "Patiesi Es jums saku: ja jums ir ticība un jūs nešaubāties, tad jūs ne vien tā varēsit darīt ar vīģes koku, bet arī, kad jūs teiksit šim kalnam: celies un meties jūrā, - tad tas notiks. 22 Un visu, ko jūs ticībā lūgsit, to jūs dabūsit." 23 Un, kad Viņš ienāca Templī, tad, Viņam tur mācot, augstie priesteri un tautas vecaji piegāja pie Viņa un sacīja: "Kādā varā Tu to dari? Un kas Tev deva tādu varu?" 24 Bet Jēzus atbildēja un sacīja tiem: "Es arī gribu jums jautāt vienu lietu; ja jūs Man to teiksit, tad Es arī jums sacīšu, kādā varā Es to daru: 25 no kurienes bija Jāņa kristība? Vai no debesīm vai no cilvēkiem?" Bet tie apspriedās savā starpā un sacīja: "Ja mēs teiksim: no debesīm, - tad Viņš mums sacīs: kāpēc tad jūs viņam neticējāt? 26 Bet, ja mēs sakām: no cilvēkiem, - tad mums jābīstas no ļaudīm; jo visi tur Jāni par pravieti." 27 Un viņi atbildēja Jēzum un sacīja: "Mēs nezinām." Tad Viņš sacīja tiem: "Tad arī Es jums nesaku, kādā varā Es to daru. 28 Bet kā jums šķiet? Kādam cilvēkam bija divi dēli, un viņš gāja pie pirmā un sacīja: dēls, ej un strādā šodien manā vīnadārzā. 29 Un tas atbildēja un sacīja: jā, kungs! - Bet viņš negāja. 30 Viņš aizgāja pie otra dēla un sacīja tāpat. Tas atbildēja un sacīja: es negribu. - Pēc tam viņam palika žēl, un viņš aizgāja. 31 Kurš no šiem diviem ir darījis tēva prātu?" Tie saka: "Pēdējais." Tad Jēzus saka tiem: "Patiesi Es jums saku: muitnieki un netikles drīzāk nāks Dieva valstībā nekā jūs. 32 Jo Jānis nāca pie jums pa taisnības ceļu, un jūs viņam neticējāt; bet muitnieki un netikles viņam ticēja. Bet arī tad, to redzēdami, jūs neatgriezāties un viņam neticējāt. 33 Klausaities citu līdzību. Bija nama tēvs, kas dēstīja vīnadārzu, uzcēla tam visapkārt sētu, izraka tanī vīna spaidu un uzcēla torni, un iznomāja to strādniekiem, un pats aizceļoja. 34 Kad augļu laiks atnāca, tad viņš sūtīja savus kalpus pie strādniekiem, lai saņemtu savus augļus. 35 Bet strādnieki ņēma viņa kalpus: vienu tie šauta, otru nokāva un trešo nomētāja akmeņiem. 36 Viņš sūtīja atkal citus kalpus, vairāk kā pirmoreiz, un tie darīja viņiem tāpat. 37 Beidzot viņš sūtīja pie tiem savu dēlu un sacīja: no mana dēla tie taču kaunēsies. 38 Bet, kad strādnieki ieraudzīja viņa dēlu, tie sacīja savā starpā: šis ir tas mantinieks: iesim, nokausim to un paturēsim viņa mantojumu. 39 Un viņi ņēma to, izmeta no vīnadārza ārā un nokāva. 40 Kad nu vīnadārza kungs nāks, ko viņš darīs šiem strādniekiem?" 41 Viņi Tam sacīja: "Viņš šos ļaundarus bez žēlastības nogalinās un izdos vīnadārzu citiem strādniekiem, kas viņam atdos augļus īstā laikā." 42 Jēzus sacīja tiem: "Vai jūs nekad neesat rakstus lasījuši: akmens, ko nama cēlēji atmetuši, ir kļuvis par stūra akmeni; tas ir no Tā Kunga un ir brīnums mūsu acīs. - 43 Tāpēc Es jums saku: Dieva valstība no jums tiks atņemta un dota tautai, kas nes viņas augļus. 44 Un, kas kritīs uz šo akmeni, tas sašķīdīs, bet, uz ko tas kritīs, to viņš satrieks." 45 Un, kad augstie priesteri un farizeji dzirdēja Viņa līdzības, tie saprata, ka Tas runāja par viņiem. 46 Tie meklēja Viņu tvert, bet bijās no ļaudīm, jo tie turēja Viņu par pravieti.
The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem
(Mark 11.1-11Luke 19.28-40John 12.12-19)1 As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives. There Jesus sent two of the disciples on ahead 2 with these instructions: “Go to the village there ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied up with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 And if anyone says anything, tell him, ‘The Master needs them’; and then he will let them go at once.”
4 This happened in order to make come true what the prophet had said:
5 “Tell the city of Zion,
Look, your king is coming to you!
He is humble and rides on a donkey
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
6 So the disciples went and did what Jesus had told them to do: 7 they brought the donkey and the colt, threw their cloaks over them, and Jesus got on. 8 A large crowd of people spread their cloaks on the road while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds walking in front of Jesus and those walking behind began to shout, “Praise to David's Son! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise be to God!”
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into an uproar. “Who is he?” the people asked.
11 “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee,” the crowds answered.
Jesus Goes to the Temple
(Mark 11.15-19Luke 19.45-48John 2.13-22)12 Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the stools of those who sold pigeons, 13 and said to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!”
14 The blind and the crippled came to him in the Temple, and he healed them. 15 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law became angry when they saw the wonderful things he was doing and the children shouting in the Temple, “Praise to David's Son!” 16 So they asked Jesus, “Do you hear what they are saying?”
“Indeed I do,” answered Jesus. “Haven't you ever read this scripture? ‘You have trained children and babies to offer perfect praise.’”
17 Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
(Mark 11.12-14Mark 20-24)18 On his way back to the city early next morning, Jesus was hungry. 19 He saw a fig tree by the side of the road and went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. So he said to the tree, “You will never again bear fruit!” At once the fig tree dried up.
20 The disciples saw this and were astounded. “How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?” they asked.
21 Jesus answered, “I assure you that if you believe and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I have done to this fig tree. And not only this, but you will even be able to say to this hill, ‘Get up and throw yourself in the sea,’ and it will. 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
The Question about Jesus' Authority
(Mark 11.27-33Luke 20.1-8)23 Jesus came back to the Temple; and as he taught, the chief priests and the elders came to him and asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?”
24 Jesus answered them, “I will ask you just one question, and if you give me an answer, I will tell you what right I have to do these things. 25 Where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?”
They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we answer, ‘From God,’ he will say to us, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ we are afraid of what the people might do, because they are all convinced that John was a prophet.” 27 So they answered Jesus, “We don't know.”
And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28 “Now, what do you think? There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the older one and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 ‘I don't want to,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. 30 Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. ‘Yes, sir,’ he answered, but he did not go. 31 Which one of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The older one,” they answered.
So Jesus said to them, “I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard
(Mark 12.1-12Luke 20.9-19)33 “Listen to another parable,” Jesus said. “There was once a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenants and left home on a trip. 34 When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent his slaves to the tenants to receive his share of the harvest. 35 The tenants grabbed his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again the man sent other slaves, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37 Last of all he sent his son to them. ‘Surely they will respect my son,’ he said. 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and we will get his property!’ 39 So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 “Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” Jesus asked.
41 “He will certainly kill those evil men,” they answered, “and rent the vineyard out to other tenants, who will give him his share of the harvest at the right time.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Haven't you ever read what the Scriptures say?
‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless
turned out to be the most important of all.
This was done by the Lord;
what a wonderful sight it is!’
43 “And so I tell you,” added Jesus, “the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the proper fruits.”
45 The chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables and knew that he was talking about them, 46 so they tried to arrest him. But they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.
