will immediately send them. might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of

All this was done, that the word

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And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them; 'and brought the ass and the colt, and put their mantles on them, and caused him to sit upon them. And a very great multitude spread their mantles in the road: and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the road. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

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And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was moved, and said: Who is this? 11 And the multitude said: This is Jesus the prophet, that is from Nazareth of Galilee.

12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves, 13 and said to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, their anger was aroused, 16 and they said to him: Do you not hear what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? 17 And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and there spent the night.

18 Now in the morning, as he was returning to the city, he

was hungry 19 and seeing a fig-tree on the road, he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves; and he said to it: Let no fruit grow on you henceforth forever. And the fig-tree immediately withered. 20 And when the disciples saw it, they were astonished, and said: How soon has the fig-tree withered! 21 Jesus answered and said to them: Verily I say to you, If you have faith, and doubt not, you shall do, not only what is done to the fig-tree, but even if you shall say to this mountain, Be taken up, and be thrown into the sea, it shall be done. 22 And all things that you ask for in prayer, believing, you shall

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23 And after he had come into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority do you these things? And who gave you this authority? 24 Jesus answered and said to them: I also will ask you one thing, which, if you will tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The immersion of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? But they reasoned among themselves, and said, If we reply, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him? 26 But if we reply, From men, we fear the multitude; for all regard John as a prophet. 27 And they answered and said to Jesus: We know not. And he said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

28 But what think you? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not. But he afterward regretted it, and went. 30 And he came to the other, and spoke to him in like manner. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first.

Jesus said to them: Verily I say

to you, The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not. But the publicans and the harlots believed him. And you, when you had seen it, afterward felt no regret, that you might believe him.

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33 Hear another parable: There was a master of a house that planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went into another country. And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive the fruits of it. 35 And the vine-dressers took his servants, and scourged one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them in like manner. 37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and seize upon the inheritance. 39 And they took him, and carried him. out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers? They said to him: He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and let out his vineyard to other vinedressers, who will give him the fruits in their season.

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2 Jesus said to them: Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner? 43 This was from the Lord, and it is wondrous in our eyes. For this reason, I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation that will bring forth the fruits of it. 44 And he that falls upon this stone shall be dashed to pieces; but him on whom it shall fall, it will make like chaff for the wind.

45 And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them. 46 And when they sought to lay hold of him, they feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.

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XXII. And Jesus answering, spoke to them again in parables, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son; 3 and sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the marriage feast; and they refused to come. Again, he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready come to the marriage feast. But they were careless, and went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. And the rest laid hold of his servants, and abused them, and killed them.

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7 And when that king heard of it, he was angry, and sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then he said to his servants: The marriage feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Go, therefore, to the cross-ways, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find. 10 And those servants went out into the roads, and brought together all, as many as they found, both bad and good: and the banquet-room was filled with guests. 11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man that had not put on a wedding-robe. 12 And he said to him, Friend, how came you in hither without a wedding-robe? And he was silent. 13 Then the king said to his servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and throw him into the darkness without: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few chosen.

15 Then the Pharisees went and held a consultation, that they might entrap him in his words. 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and care not for any one for you do not look upon the person of men. 17 Tell us, therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar or not? 18 But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said to them: Why do you tempt me, hypocrites? 19 Show me the tribute-money. And they brought him a denarius. 20 And he said to them: Whose image and superscription is this? 21 They said to him: Cæsar's. Then he said to them: Give, therefore, to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are God's. 22 And when they heard it, they were astonished, and left him, and went away.

23 On that day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they put a question to him,

saying: Teacher, Moses commanded, If any one die without children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died; and, having no child, left his wife to his brother. 26 In like manner also the second, and the third, to the seventh. 27 Last of all, the woman also died. 28 Therefore, in the resurrection, of which of the seven will she be the wife? for they all had her.

29 Jesus answered and said to them: You err, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 31 But, concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying: 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the