1And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. 10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? 11And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
12¶ And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, 16And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye 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 into Bethany; and he lodged there. 18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. 19And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. 20And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! 21Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
23¶ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? 24And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. 27And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28¶ But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 29He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
33¶ Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Mesijanski ulazak u Jeruzalem
(Mk 11:1-10; Lk 19:28-38; Iv 12:12-19)
1Kad su se Isus i učenici približili Jeruzalemu te stigli pred Betfagu na Maslinskoj gori, Isus pošalje naprijed dvojicu učenika. 2“Idite u selo pred vama”, reče im, “i čim u njega uđete, ugledat ćete vezanu magaricu i magare. Odvežite ih i dovedite k meni. 3Upita li vas tko zbog toga, recite samo: ‘Gospodinu trebaju’ pa će ih odmah pustiti.” 4To se dogodilo da se ispuni proročanstvo:
5“Recite izraelskomu narodu21:5 U grčkome: Recite kćeri sionskoj; Izaija 62:11.:
Evo, dolazi tvoj Kralj,
ponizan jaše na magarcu,
na magaretu, mladomu magaričinu.”21:5 Zaharija 9:9.
6Učenici odu i učine kako ih je Isus uputio. 7Dovedu magaricu i magare, prekriju ih svojim ogrtačima, pa Isus sjedne na njih.
8Silno je mnoštvo prostiralo svoje ogrtače po putu, a neki su trgali grane s drveća i prostirali ih putem. 9Ljudi koji su išli pred njim i za njim klicali su:
“Slava21:9 U grčkome: Hosanna! (uzvik slavljenja koji doslovce znači “Spasi, molim te!”) Sinu Davidovu!
Blagoslovljen koji dolazi u ime Gospodnje!
Slava Bogu na nebu!”21:9 Psalam 118:25-26 i Psalam 148:1.
10Kad je ušao u Jeruzalem, cijeli se grad uskomešao. “Tko je taj?” pitali su.
11Mnoštvo je odgovaralo: “To je Isus, prorok iz Nazareta u Galileji.”
Isus izgoni trgovce iz Hrama
(Mk 11:15-19; Lk 19:45-47; Iv 2:13-17)
12Isus uđe u Hram i počne iz njega izgoniti sve trgovce i njihove kupce, prevrne stolove mjenjačima novca i klupe prodavačima goluba. 13“U Svetome pismu piše: ‘Moj Hram treba biti molitveni dom’, a vi ste ga pretvorili u razbojničku špilju!”21:13 Izaija 56:7; Jeremija 7:11.
14U Hramu mu priđu slijepi i hromi te ih on iscijeli. 15Kad su svećenički poglavari i pismoznanci vidjeli čudesa koja je učinio i čuli djecu u Hramu kako kliču: “Slava21:15 U grčkome: Hosanna! Sinu Davidovu!” razgnjeve se 16i upitaju ga: “Čuješ li ti što govore?”
“Čujem”, odgovori im Isus. “A niste li nikad u Pismu pročitali: ‘Pripravio si sebi hvalu iz usta djece i dojenčadi’?”21:16 Psalam 8:2. 17Zatim se vrati u Betaniju da ondje prespava.
Isus proklinje smokvu
(Mk 11:12-14, 20-24)
18Vraćajući se ujutro u Jeruzalem, Isus ogladni. 19Opazi pokraj puta smokvu i priđe joj, ali na njoj ne nađe ničega osim lišća. Nato joj reče: “Ne bilo više nikada na tebi roda!” I smokva se smjesta osuši.
20Učenici se zaprepaste. “Kako se smokva tako brzo sasušila?” pitali su.
21“Zaista vam kažem,” odgovori im Isus, “budete li imali vjere i ne budete li sumnjali, činit ćete ne samo to što sam ja učinio sa smokvom nego kažete li ovoj planini: ‘Digni se i baci se u more!’—to će se i dogoditi. 22Sve što s vjerom zamolite, primit ćete.”
O Isusovoj vlasti
(Mk 11:27-33; Lk 20:1-8)
23Isus ode u Hram. Dok je ondje poučavao, priđu mu svećenički poglavari i narodni starješine pa ga upitaju: “Tko ti je dao pravo da to činiš? Tko te je ovlastio za to?”
24Isus im odgovori: “Reći ću vam tko ako najprije vi meni odgovorite na pitanje: 25Je li Ivanovo krštenje bilo s neba ili od ljudi?”
Oni počnu umovati i međusobno raspravljati: “Ako kažemo da je s neba, pitat će nas zašto mu onda nismo vjerovali. 26A od mnoštva nas je strah reći da je bilo od ljudi jer Ivana svi drže za proroka.” 27Zato Isusu odgovore: “Ne znamo.”
A Isus im reče: “Onda ni ja vama neću reći otkuda mi vlast!”
Prispodoba o dvojici sinova
28“Što mislite o ovomu: Neki je čovjek imao dva sina. Reče prvomu: ‘Sine, idi danas raditi u vinogradu!’ 29‘Neću!’ odgovori on, ali se poslije predomisli i ode. 30Otac i drugome sinu reče isto. ‘Idem, oče!’ odgovori sin, ali se zatim predomisli i odustane. 31Koji je od njih dvojice ispunio očevu volju?”
“Onaj prvi”, odgovore.
Isus im nato reče: “Zaista vam kažem, bludnice i ubirači poreza ući će prije vas u Božje kraljevstvo! 32Jer Ivan Krstitelj došao vam je pokazati put pravednosti, ali mu niste povjerovali, a bludnice i ubirači poreza jesu. Pa čak ni kad ste to vidjeli, niste se pokajali i vjerovali mu.”
Prispodoba o zlim vinogradarima
(Mk 12:1-12; Lk 20:9-19)
33“Poslušajte još jednu prispodobu. Neki čovjek posadi vinograd i ogradi ga, iskopa tijesak za grožđe i izgradi kulu. Zatim ga iznajmi vinogradarima i otputuje. 34Kad dođe vrijeme berbe, pošalje sluge da uzmu njegov dio uroda.
35Ali vinogradari ih pograbe te jednoga pretuku, drugoga ubiju, a trećega kamenuju. 36On zatim pošalje više slugu nego prvi put, ali vinogradari i s njima jednako postupe.
37Naposljetku pošalje k njima svojega sina misleći: ‘Prema mojem sinu sigurno će se odnositi s poštovanjem.’
38Ali kad vinogradari ugledaju sina, rekoše: ‘Ovaj će naslijediti imanje. Ubijmo ga pa ćemo se domognuti imanja umjesto njega!’ 39Pograbe ga, izbace iz vinograda i ubiju.”
40Isus ih upita: “Što mislite, kako će vlasnik imanja postupiti s tim vinogradarima kada se vrati?”
41Oni mu odgovorili: “Te će zlikovce bez smilovanja pogubiti, a vinograd iznajmiti drugima koji će mu davati urod kad za to dođe vrijeme.”
42Isus ih upita: “Niste li nikada čitali u Svetom pismu:
‘Kamen koji su graditelji odbacili
postane ugaonim kamenom.
To je Gospodnje djelo,
čudesno u našim očima.’21:42 Psalam 118:22-23.?
43Zato vam kažem, oduzet će vam se Božje kraljevstvo i dat će se narodu koji će davati njegove plodove. 44Padne li tko na taj kamen, smrskat će se, i padne li kamen na koga, satrt će ga.”
45Kad su svećenički poglavari i farizeji čuli te prispodobe i shvatili da govori o njima, 46htjeli su ga uhvatiti, ali bojali su se mnoštva koje je Isusa smatralo prorokom.
