يسوع يدخل أورشليم
(متى 21:1-11، لوقا 19:28-40، يوحنا 12:12-19)1 ولمّا قَرُبوا مِنْ أُورُشليمَ ووَصَلوا إلى بَيتِ فاجي وبَيتِ عَنيا، عِندَ جبَلِ الزّيتونِ، أرسَلَ يَسوعُ اَثنينِ مِنْ تلاميذِهِ 2 وقالَ لهُما: «اَذهَبا إلى القريَةِ التي أمامَكُما، وحالَما تَدخُلانِها تَجِدانِ جَحشًا مَربوطًا ما ركِبَ علَيهِ أحدٌ، فَحُلاّ رِباطَهُ وجيئا بِه. 3 وإنْ سألَكُما أحدٌ: لِماذا تَفعَلانِ هذا، فَقولا: الرّبّ مُحتاجٌ إليهِ، وسيُعيدُهُ إلى هُنا في الحالِ».
4 فذَهَبَ التِلميذانِ فوجَدا جَحشًا مَربوطًا عِندَ بابٍ على الطّريقِ، فحَلاّ رباطَهُ. 5 فسألَهُما بَعضُ الذينَ كانوا هناكَ: «ما بالُكُما تَحُلاّنِ رِباطَ الجحشِ؟» 6 فَقالا لهُم كما أوصاهُما يَسوعُ، فتَركوهُما. 7 فجاءَ التلميذانِ بالجحشِ إلى يَسوعَ، ووضَعا ثوبَيهِما علَيهِ فركِبَه. 8 وبَسَطَ كثيرٌ مِنَ النّاسِ ثيابَهُم على الطّريقِ، وقطَعَ آخرونَ أغصانًا مِنَ الحُقولِ. 9 وكانَ الذينَ يتَقَدّمونَ يَسوعَ والذينَ يَتْبعونَهُ يَهتِفُونَ: «المَجدُ للهِ! تبارَكَ الآتي باَسمِ الرّبّ. 10 تباركَتِ المَملكةُ الآتِيَةُ، مَملكةُ أبينا داودَ. المَجدُ في العُلى!»
11 ودخَلَ يَسوعُ أُورُشليمَ والهَيكَلَ، ونَظرَ كُلّ شيءٍ فيهِ. وكانَ الوَقتُ فاتَ، فخَرَجَ إلى بَيتِ عَنيا معَ التلاميذِ الاثنَي عشَرَ.
يسوع يلعن شجرة التين
(متى 21:18-19)12 ولمّا خَرَجوا في الغَدِ مِنْ بَيتِ عَنيا أحسّ بالجوعِ. 13 ورأى عَنْ بُعدٍ شجَرَةَ تِينٍ مُورِقَةً، فقَصَدها راجيًا أنْ يَجِدَ علَيها بَعضَ الثّمَرِ. فلمّا وصَلَ إليها، ما وجَدَ علَيها غَيرَ الوَرَقِ، لأنّ وَقتَ التِينِ ما حانَ بَعدُ. 14 فقالَ لها: «لا يأكُلْ أحَدٌ ثَمرًا مِنكِ إلى الأبدِ». وسَمِعَ تلاميذُهُ ما قالَ.
يسوع يطرد الباعة من الهيكل
(متى 21:12-17، لوقا 19:45-48، يوحنا 2:13-22)15 وجاؤُوا إلى أُورُشليمَ، فدخَلَ الهَيكَلَ وأخَذَ يَطرُدُ الذينَ يَبيعونَ ويَشتَرونَ فيهِ. وقَلَبَ مناضِدَ الصَيارِفَةِ ومَقاعِدَ باعَةِ الحَمامِ، 16 ومنَعَ كُلّ مَنْ يَحمِلُ بِضاعَةً أن يمُرّ مِنْ داخِلِ الهَيكَلِ. 17 وأخَذَ يُعلّمُهُم فيَقولُ: «أما جاءَ في الكِتابِ: بَيتي بيتُ صلاةٍ لِجَميعِ الأُمَمِ، وأنتُم جَعلتُموهُ مَغارةَ لُصوصٍ؟»
18 وسَمِعَ رُؤَساءُ الكَهنَةِ ومُعَلّمو الشّريعَةِ هذا الكلامَ، فتَشاوروا كيفَ يَقتُلونَهُ، وكانوا يَخافونَهُ لأنّ الشّعبَ كُلّهُ كانَ مُعجَبًا بِتَعليمِهِ. 19 وعِندَ المساءِ خَرَجوا مِنَ المدينةِ.
عبرة شجرة التين
(متى 21:20-22)20 وبَينَما هُمْ راجِعونَ في الصّباحِ، رأَوا شجَرَة التّينِ يابِسَةً مِنْ أصولِها. 21 وتَذكّرَ بُطرُسُ كلامَ يَسوعَ فقالَ لَهُ: «اَنظُرْ، يا مُعَلّمُ! التّينةُ التي لعَنْتَها يَبِسَت».
22 فقالَ لهُم يَسوعُ: «آمِنوا بِاللهِ. 23 الحقّ أقولُ لكُم: مَنْ قالَ لِهذا الجبَلِ: قُمْ واَنطَرِحْ في البحرِ، وهوَ لا يَشُكّ في قَلبِه، بَلْ يُؤمِنُ بِأنّ ما يقولُهُ سيكونُ، تَمّ لَهُ ذلِكَ. 24 ولِهذا أقولُ لكُم: كُلّ ما تَطلُبونَهُ في صَلواتِكُم، آمِنوا بأنّكُم نِلتُموهُ يَتِمّ لكُم. 25 وإذا قُمتُم لِلصلاةِ وكانَ لكُم شيءٌ على أحَدٍ فاَغفِروا لَهُ، حتى يغفِرَ لكُم أبوكُمُ الذي في السّماواتِ زلاّتِكُم. 26 [وإنْ كُنتُم لا تَغفِرونَ للآخرينَ، لا يَغفِرُ لكُم أبوكُمُ الذي في السّماواتِ زلاّتِكُم»].
السلطة المعطاة ليسوع
(متى 21:23-27، لوقا 20:1-8)27 ورجَعوا إلى أُورُشليمَ. وبَينَما هوَ يتمشّى في الهَيكَلِ، جاءَ إليهِ رُؤَساءُ الكَهنَةِ ومُعَلّمو الشّريعةِ وشُيوخُ الشّعبِ. 28 فقالوا لَهُ: «بأيّةِ سُلطَةٍ تَعمَلُ هذِهِ الأعمالَ؟ بل مَنْ أعطاكَ السّلطَةَ لِتَعمَلَها؟»
29 فأجابَهُم يَسوعُ: «وأنا أسألُكُم سُؤالاً واحدًا. أجيبوني، فأقول لكُم بأيّةِ سُلطَةٍ أعمَلُ هذِهِ الأعمالَ: 30 مِنْ أينَ ليوحنّا سُلطةُ المَعموديّةِ؟ أمِنَ السّماءِ أمْ مِنَ النّاسِ؟» 31 فقالوا في أنفُسِهِم: «إنْ قُلنا مِنَ اللهِ يَقولُ: فلِماذا ما آمنتُم بِه؟ 32 فهَلْ نَقولُ مِنَ النّاسِ؟» لكِنّهم كانوا يَخافونَ الشّعبَ، لأنّ الشّعبَ كُلّهُ كانَ مُقتَنِعًا بأنّ يوحنّا نَبيّ. 33 فأجابوا يَسوعَ: «لا نَعرِفُ!» فقالَ لهُم يَسوعُ: «وأنا لا أقولُ لكُم بأيّةِ سُلطَةٍ أعمَلُ هذِهِ الأعمالَ».
Jesus Enters Jerusalem
(Matthew 21.1-11Luke 19.28-40John 12.12-19)1 Jesus and his disciples reached Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives. When they were getting close to Jerusalem, Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 He told them, “Go into the next village. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey that has never been ridden. Untie the donkey and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks why you are doing this, say, ‘The Lord needs it and will soon bring it back.’ ”
4 The disciples left and found the donkey tied near a door that faced the street. While they were untying it, 5 some of the people standing there asked, “Why are you untying the donkey?” 6 They told them what Jesus had said, and the people let them take it.
7 The disciples led the donkey to Jesus. They put some of their clothes on its back, and Jesus got on. 8 Many people spread clothes on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.
9 In front of Jesus and behind him, people went along shouting,
“Hooray!
God bless the one who comes
in the name of the Lord!
10 God bless the coming kingdom
of our ancestor David.
Hooray for God
in heaven above!”
11 After Jesus had gone to Jerusalem, he went into the temple and looked around at everything. But since it was already late in the day, he went back to Bethany with the twelve disciples.
Jesus Puts a Curse on a Fig Tree
(Matthew 21.18Matthew 19)12 When Jesus and his disciples left Bethany the next morning, he was hungry. 13 From a distance Jesus saw a fig tree covered with leaves, and he went to see if there were any figs on the tree. But there were none, because it wasn't the season for figs. 14 So Jesus said to the tree, “Never again will anyone eat fruit from this tree!” The disciples heard him say this.
Jesus in the Temple
(Matthew 21.12-17Luke 19.45-48John 2.13-22)15 After Jesus and his disciples reached Jerusalem, he went into the temple and began chasing out everyone who was selling and buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of those who were selling doves. 16 Jesus would not let anyone carry things through the temple. 17 Then he taught the people and said, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship for all nations.’ But you have made it a place where robbers hide!”
18 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses heard what Jesus said, and they started looking for a way to kill him. They were afraid of him, because the crowds were completely amazed at his teaching.
19 That evening, Jesus and the disciples went outside the city.
A Lesson from the Fig Tree
(Matthew 21.20-22)20 As the disciples walked past the fig tree the next morning, they noticed that it was completely dried up, roots and all. 21 Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree. Then Peter said, “Teacher, look! The tree you put a curse on has dried up.”
22 Jesus told his disciples:
Have faith in God! 23 If you have faith in God and don't doubt, you can tell this mountain to get up and jump into the sea, and it will. 24 Everything you ask for in prayer will be yours, if you only have faith.
25-26 Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.
A Question about Jesus' Authority
(Matthew 21.23-27Luke 20.1-8)27 Jesus and his disciples returned to Jerusalem. And as he was walking through the temple, the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses came over to him. 28 They asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
29 Jesus answered, “I have just one question to ask you. If you answer it, I will tell you where I got the right to do these things. 30 Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”
31 They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John. 32 On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet. So we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.”
They were afraid of the crowd 33 and told Jesus, “We don't know.”
Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”