1 Quando se aproximaram de Jerusalém e chegaram a Betfagé, ao monte das Oliveiras, enviou Jesus dois discípulos,
2 dizendo-lhes: Ide à aldeia que está em frente de vós, e achareis logo uma jumenta presa, e com ela um jumentinho: desprendei-a, e trazei-mos.
3 Se alguém vos disser alguma coisa, respondei-lhe que o Senhor precisa deles; e logo deixará trazê-los.
4 Ora isto aconteceu, para se cumprir o que foi dito pelo profeta:
5 Dizei à filha de Sião: Eis que vem a ti o teu rei, Manso e montado em uma jumenta, E em um jumentinho, filho de jumenta.
6 Indo os discípulos, fizeram como Jesus lhes ordenara;
7 trouxeram a jumenta e o jumentinho, puseram sobre eles as capas, e fizeram-no montar.
8 A maior parte da multidão estendia as suas capas pela estrada, e outros cortavam ramos de árvores e os espalhavam no caminho.
9 As turbas que lhe precediam e as que o seguiam, clamavam: Hosana ao filho de Davi! Bendito aquele que vem em nome do Senhor! Hosana nas maiores alturas!
10 Ao entrar ele em Jerusalém, agitou-se a cidade inteira, perguntando: Quem é este?
11 A multidão respondia: Este é Jesus, o profeta de Nazaré da Galiléia.
12 Jesus entrou no templo, expulsou todos os que ali vendiam e compravam, derribou as mesas dos cambistas, e as cadeiras dos que vendiam as pombas;
13 e disse-lhes: Está escrito: A minha casa será chamada casa de oração; vós, porém, a fazeis covil de salteadores.
14 No templo cegos e coxos o procuraram, e ele os curou.
15 Mas vendo os principais sacerdotes e os escribas as maravilhas que ele fez, e os meninos que clamavam no templo: Hosana ao filho de Davi, indignaram-se,
16 e perguntaram-lhe: Ouves o que estes estão dizendo? Respondeu-lhes Jesus: Sim; nunca lestes: Da boca de pequeninos e crianças de peito tiraste perfeito louvor?
17 Tendo-os deixado, saiu da cidade para Betânia, onde passou a noite.
18 Pela manhã, ao voltar à cidade, teve fome.
19 Vendo uma figueira à beira do caminho, dela se aproximou, e não achou nela senão folhas; e disse-lhe: Nunca jamais nasça fruto de ti. No mesmo instante secou a figueira.
20 Vendo isto os discípulos, maravilharam-se e perguntaram: Como é que repentinamente secou a figueira?
21 Respondeu-lhes Jesus: Em verdade vos digo que se tiverdes fé e não duvidardes, fareis não só o que foi feito à figueira, mas até se disserdes a este monte: Levanta-te e lança-te no mar, isso será feito;
22 e tudo o que com fé pedirdes em vossas orações, haveis de receber. parábola dos dois filhos
23 Tendo Jesus entrado no templo, quando estava ensinando, vieram a ele os principais sacerdotes e os anciãos do povo, perguntando: Com que autoridade fazes estas coisas? quem te deu tal autoridade?
24 Respondeu-lhes Jesus: Também eu vos farei uma só pergunta; se me responderdes, então vos direi com que autoridade faço estas coisas.
25 Donde era o batismo de João? do céu ou dos homens? Eles discorriam entre si: Se dissermos: Do céu, dir-nos-á: Por que, então, não lhe destes crédito?
26 Mas se dissermos: Dos homens, tememos o povo; porque todos consideram João como profeta.
27 Responderam a Jesus: Não sabemos. Ele por sua vez lhes declarou: Nem eu vos digo com que autoridade faço estas coisas.
28 Mas que vos parece? Um homem tinha dois filhos; chegando ao primeiro, disse: Filho, vai trabalhar hoje na minha vinha.
29 Ele respondeu: Irei, senhor; e não foi.
30 Chegando ao segundo, disse-lhe o mesmo. Porém este respondeu: Não quero; mais tarde, tocado de arrependimento, foi.
31 Qual dos dois fez a vontade do pai? Responderam eles: O segundo. Declarou-lhes Jesus: Em verdade vos digo que os publicanos e as meretrizes entrarão primeiro do que vós no reino de Deus.
32 Pois João veio a vós no caminho da justiça, e não lhe destes crédito, mas os publicanos e as meretrizes lho deram; e vós, vendo isto, nem vos arrependestes depois, para lhe dardes crédito.
33 Ouvi outra parábola. Havia um proprietário, que plantou uma vinha, cercou-a com uma sebe, cavou ali um lagar, edificou uma torre e arrendou-a a uns lavradores, e partiu para outro país.
34 Ao aproximar-se o tempo dos frutos, enviou os seus servos aos lavradores, para receber os frutos que lhe tocavam.
35 Estes, agarrando os servos, feriram um, mataram outro, e a outro apedrejaram.
36 Enviou ainda outros servos em maior número; e trataram-nos do mesmo modo.
37 Por último enviou-lhes seu filho, dizendo: Terão respeito a meu filho.
38 Mas os lavradores, vendo-o, disseram entre si: Este é o herdeiro; vinde, matemo-lo e apoderemo-nos da sua herança;
39 e agarrando-o, lançaram-no fora da vinha e mataram-no.
40 Quando, pois, vier o senhor da vinha, que fará àqueles lavradores?
41 Responderam-lhe: Fará perecer horrivelmente a estes malvados, e arrendará a vinha a outros, que lhe darão os frutos no tempo próprio.
42 Perguntou-lhes Jesus: Nunca lestes nas Escrituras: A pedra que os edificadores rejeitaram, Essa foi posta como a pedra angular; Isto foi feito pelo Senhor, E é maravilhoso aos nossos olhos?
43 Portanto vos declaro que o reino de Deus vos será tirado e oferecido a uma nação que dará os frutos dele.
44 O que cair sobre esta pedra, far-se-á em pedaços; mas aquele sobre quem ela cair, será reduzido a pó.
45 Os principais sacerdotes e os fariseus, ouvindo estas parábolas, perceberam que era deles que Jesus falava;
46 e ainda que procurassem prendê-lo, temeram o povo, porque este o considerava como profeta.
1 And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,
2 Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.
3 And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, The Lord has need of them; and straight away he will send them.
4 Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,
5 Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.
6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus had given them orders,
7 And got the ass and the young one, and put their clothing on them, and he took his seat on it.
8 And all the people put their clothing down in the way; and others got branches from the trees, and put them down in the way.
9 And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.
10 And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?
11 And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
12 And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves.
13 And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
14 And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,
16 Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?
17 And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.
18 Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.
19 And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.
20 And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?
21 And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.
22 And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.
23 And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?
24 And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?
26 But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.
27 And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
28 But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.
29 And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.
30 And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.
33 Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.
35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.
37 But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.
38 But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.
39 And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.
40 When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?
41 They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.
42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
44 Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.
45 And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.
46 And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.