Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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V.—The Last Days.
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1 When they had almost reached Jerusalem,
having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount
of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.
2 “Go to the village facing you,” he said, “and you will
immediately find an ass tethered, with a foal by her side;
untie her, and lead her here for me.
3 And, if any one says
anything to you, you are to say this—‘The Master wants
them’; and he will send them at once.”
4 This happened in fulfilment of these words in the Prophet—
5
‘Say to the daughter of Zion—
“Behold, thy King is coming to thee,
Gentle, and riding on an ass,
And on the foal of a beast of burden.”’ note
6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
7 They led the ass and the foal back, and, when they had put
their cloaks on them, he seated himself upon them.
8 The
immense crowd of people spread their cloaks in the road,
while some cut branches off the trees, and spread them on the
road.
9 The crowds that led the way, as well as those that
followed behind, kept shouting:
“God save the Son of David!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
God save him from on high!” note
10 When he had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred,
and asked—“Who is this?”,
11 to which the crowd replied—
“This is the Prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
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12 Jesus went into the Temple Courts, and drove
out all those who were buying and selling there.
He overturned the tables of the money-changers,
and the seats of the pigeon-dealers, and said to them:
13
“Scripture says—
‘My House shall be called a House of Prayer’;
but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” note
14 While he was still in the Temple Courts, some blind and some
lame people came up to him, and he cured them. ⪆⪆
15 But,
when the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law saw the
wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling
out in the Temple Courts “God save the Son of David!”, they
were indignant,
16 and said to him:
“Do you hear what these boys are saying?”
“Yes,” answered Jesus; “but did you never read the words—
‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast called
forth perfect praise’?” note
17 Then he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and
spent the night there.
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18 The next morning, in returning to the city, Jesus
became hungry;
19 and, noticing a solitary fig tree
by the road-side, he went up to it, but found
nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it:
“Never again shall fruit be gathered off you.”
20 And suddenly the fig tree withered up. When the disciples
saw this, they exclaimed in astonishment:
“How suddenly the fig tree withered up!”
21 “I tell you,” replied Jesus, “if you have faith, without
ever a doubt, you will do not only what has been done to the
fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill ‘Be lifted up
and hurled into the sea!’, it would be done.
22 And whatever
you ask for in your prayers will, if you have faith, be
granted you.”
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23 After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts,
the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation
came up to him as he was teaching, and said:
“What authority have you to do these things? Who gave
you this authority?”
24 “I, too,” said Jesus in reply, “will ask you one question; if
you will give me an answer to it, then I, also, will tell you
what authority I have to act as I do.
25 It is about John's
baptism. What was its origin? divine or human?”
But they began arguing among themselves:
“If we say ‘divine,’ he will say to us ‘Why then did not you
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believe him?’
26 But if we say ‘human,’ we are afraid of the
people, for every one regards John as a Prophet.”
27 So the answer they gave Jesus was—“We do not know.”
“Then I,” he said, “refuse to tell you what authority I have
to do these things. ⪆⪆ note
28 What do you think of this? There
was a man who had two sons. He went to the
elder and said ‘Go and work in the vineyard
to-day, my son.’
29
30 ‘Yes, sir,’ he answered; but he did not go. Then the father
went to the second son, and said the same. ‘I will not,’ he
answered; but afterwards he was sorry and went.
31 Which
of the two sons did as his father wished?”
“The second,” they said.
“I tell you,” added Jesus, “that tax-gatherers and prostitutes
are going into the Kingdom of God before you.
32 For
when John came to you, walking in the path of righteousness,
you did not believe him, but tax-gatherers and prostitutes
did; and yet you, though you saw this, even then were not
sorry, nor did you believe him.
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33 Listen to another parable. ⪆⪆A man, who
was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a
fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a
tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad. note
34 When
the time for the vintage drew near, he sent his servants to the
tenants, to receive his share of the produce.
35 But the tenants
seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a
third.
36 A second time the owner sent some servants, a larger
number than before, and the tenants treated them in the same
way.
37 As a last resource he sent his son to them. ‘They will
respect my son,’ he said.
38 But the tenants, on seeing his son,
said to each other ‘Here is the heir! Come, let us kill
him, and get his inheritance.’
39 So they seized him, and threw
him outside the vineyard, and killed him.
40 Now, when the
owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those
tenants?”
41 “Miserable wretches!” they exclaimed, “he will put them
to a miserable death, and he will let out the vineyard to other
tenants, who will pay him his share of the produce at the
proper times.”
42 Then Jesus added: “Have you never read in the Scriptures?—
‘The very stone which the builders despised—
Has now itself become the corner-stone;
This corner-stone has come from the Lord,
And is marvellous in our eyes.’ note
43 And that, I tell you, is why the Kingdom of God will be
taken from you, and given to a nation that does produce
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the fruit of the Kingdom. ⪆⪆
44 Yes, and he who falls on
this stone will be dashed to pieces, while any one on whom it
falls—it will scatter him as dust.”
45 After listening to these parables, the Chief Priests and the
Pharisees saw that it was about them that he was speaking;
yet,
46 although eager to arrest him, they were afraid of the
crowds, who regarded him as a Prophet.
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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