The Gospel according to Matthew

Matthew 21

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MATTHEW 21:1

TWMC

As Jesus and His disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage near the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two disciples ahead

KJV

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

Greek

Καὶ ὅτε ἤγγισαν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Βηθσφαγὴ πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν, τότε ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀπέστειλεν δύο μαθητάς,

Romanized Greek

Kai hote ēngisan eis Hierosolyma, kai ēlthon eis Bēthsphagē pros to oros tōn Elaiōn, tote ho Iēsous apesteilen dyo mathētas,

MATTHEW 21:2

TWMC

and told them, “Go into the village directly in front of you. As soon as you enter, you will find a donkey tied there with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

KJV

Saying 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.

Greek

λέγων αὐτοῖς, Πορεύθητε εἰς τὴν κώμην τὴν ἀπέναντι ὑμῶν, καὶ εὐθέως εὑρήσετε ὄνον δεδεμένην, καὶ πῶλον μετ’ αὐτῆς∙ λύσαντες ἀγάγετέ μοι.

Romanized Greek

legōn autois, Poreuthēte eis tēn kōmēn tēn apenanti hymōn, kai eutheōs heurēsete onon dedemenēn, kai pōlon met’ autēs; lysantes agagete moi.

MATTHEW 21:3

TWMC

If anyone says anything to you, tell him, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them immediately.”

KJV

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

Greek

Καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ τι, ἐρεῖτε ὅτι Ὁ κύριος αὐτῶν χρείαν ἔχει∙ εὐθέως δὲ ἀποστέλλει αὐτούς.

Romanized Greek

Kai ean tis hymin eipē ti, ereite hoti Ho kyrios autōn chreian echei; eutheōs de apostellei autous.

MATTHEW 21:4

TWMC

All of this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:

KJV

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

Greek

Τοῦτο δὲ ὅλον γέγονεν, ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος,

Romanized Greek

Touto de holon gegonen, hina plērōthē to rhēthen dia tou prophētou, legontos,

MATTHEW 21:5

TWMC

“Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Look—your King is coming to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

KJV

Tell 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.

Greek

Εἴπατε τῇ θυγατρὶ Σιών, Ἰδού, ὁ βασιλεύς σου ἔρχεταί σοι, πραῢς καὶ ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἐπὶ ὄνον καὶ πῶλον υἱὸν ὑποζυγίου.

Romanized Greek

Eipate tē thygatri Siōn, Idou, ho basileus sou erchetai soi, prays kai epibebēkōs epi onon kai pōlon huion hypozygiou.

MATTHEW 21:6

TWMC

The disciples went and did exactly what Jesus had instructed them.

KJV

And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

Greek

Πορευθέντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταί, καὶ ποιήσαντες καθὼς προσέταξεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς,

Romanized Greek

Poreuthentes de hoi mathētai, kai poiēsantes kathōs prosetaxen autois ho Iēsous,

MATTHEW 21:7

TWMC

They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their garments on them, and Jesus sat on the garments.

KJV

And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

Greek

ἤγαγον τὴν ὄνον καὶ τὸν πῶλον∙ καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπάνω αὐτῶν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπεκάθισεν ἐπάνω αὐτῶν.

Romanized Greek

ēgagon tēn onon kai ton pōlon; kai epethēkan epanō autōn ta himatia autōn, kai epekathisen epanō autōn.

MATTHEW 21:8

TWMC

A huge crowd spread their garments along the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them across the road.

KJV

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

Greek

Ὁ δὲ πλεῖστος ὄχλος ἔστρωσαν ἑαυτῶν τὰ ἱμάτια ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ∙ ἄλλοι δὲ ἔκοπτον κλάδους ἀπὸ τῶν δένδρων, καὶ ἐστρώννυον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ.

Romanized Greek

Ho de pleistos ochlos estrōsan heautōn ta himatia en tē hodō; alloi de ekopton kladous apo tōn dendrōn, kai estrōnnyon en tē hodō.

MATTHEW 21:9

TWMC

The crowds moving ahead of Jesus and those following behind Him kept shouting:

“Hosanna to the Son of David!

Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord!

Hosanna in the highest!”

KJV

And 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.

Greek

Οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι οἱ προάγοντες καὶ οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντες ἔκραζον, λέγοντες, Ὡσαννὰ τῷ υἱῷ Δαυίδ∙ εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου. Ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις.

Romanized Greek

Hoi de ochloi hoi proagontes kai hoi akolouthountes ekrazon, legontes, Hōsanna tō huiō Dauid; eulogēmenos ho erchomenos en onomati kyriou. Hōsanna en tois hypsistois.

MATTHEW 21:10

TWMC

When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the entire city was stirred up.

“Who is this?” people asked.

KJV

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

Greek

Καὶ εἰσελθόντος αὐτοῦ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, ἐσείσθη πᾶσα ἡ πόλις, λέγουσα, Τίς ἐστιν οὗτος;

Romanized Greek

Kai eiselthontos autou eis Hierosolyma, eseisthē pasa hē polis, legousa, Tis estin houtos?

MATTHEW 21:11

TWMC

The crowds answered, “This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

KJV

And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

Greek

Οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι ἔλεγον, Οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὁ προφήτης, ὁ ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲτ τῆς Γαλιλαίας.

Romanized Greek

Hoi de ochloi elegon, Houtos estin Iēsous ho prophētēs, ho apo Nazaret tēs Galilaias.

MATTHEW 21:12

TWMC

Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out everyone who was buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

KJV

¶ 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,

Greek

Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἐξέβαλεν πάντας τοὺς πωλοῦντας καὶ ἀγοράζοντας ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, καὶ τὰς τραπέζας τῶν κολλυβιστῶν κατέστρεψεν, καὶ τὰς καθέδρας τῶν πωλούντων τὰς περιστεράς.

Romanized Greek

Kai eisēlthen ho Iēsous eis to hieron tou theou, kai exebalen pantas tous pōlountas kai agorazontas en tō hierō, kai tas trapezas tōn kollybistōn katestrepsen, kai tas kathedras tōn pōlountōn tas peristeras.

MATTHEW 21:13

TWMC

Then He told them, “Scripture says, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers.”

KJV

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Greek

Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Γέγραπται, Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται∙ ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.

Romanized Greek

Kai legei autois, Gegraptai, Ho oikos mou oikos proseuchēs klēthēsetai; hymeis de auton epoiēsate spēlaion lēstōn.

MATTHEW 21:14

TWMC

The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

KJV

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

Greek

Καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ χωλοὶ καὶ τυφλοὶ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ∙ καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτούς.

Romanized Greek

Kai prosēlthon autō chōloi kai typhloi en tō hierō; kai etherapeusen autous.

MATTHEW 21:15

TWMC

But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things Jesus was doing and heard the children in the temple shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they became angry.

KJV

And 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,

Greek

Ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς τὰ θαυμάσια ἃ ἐποίησεν, καὶ τοὺς παῖδας κράζοντας ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, καὶ λέγοντας, Ὡσαννὰ τῷ υἱῷ Δαυίδ, ἠγανάκτησαν,

Romanized Greek

Idontes de hoi archiereis kai hoi grammateis ta thaumasia ha epoiēsen, kai tous paidas krazontas en tō hierō, kai legontas, Hōsanna tō huiō Dauid, ēganaktēsan,

MATTHEW 21:16

TWMC

They said to Jesus, “Do You hear what these children are saying?”

“Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of infants
and nursing babies You have prepared praise’?”

KJV

And 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?

Greek

καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Ἀκούεις τί οὗτοι λέγουσιν; Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ναί∙ οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε ὅτι Ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον;

Romanized Greek

kai eipon autō, Akoueis ti houtoi legousin? Ho de Iēsous legei autois, Nai; oudepote anegnōte hoti Ek stomatos nēpiōn kai thēlazontōn katērtisō ainon?

MATTHEW 21:17

TWMC

Then He left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

KJV

¶ And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

Greek

Καὶ καταλιπὼν αὐτοὺς ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως εἰς Βηθανίαν, καὶ ηὐλίσθη ἐκεῖ.

Romanized Greek

Kai katalipōn autous exēlthen exō tēs poleōs eis Bēthanian, kai ēulisthē ekei.

MATTHEW 21:18

TWMC

Early the next morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He became hungry.

KJV

Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

Greek

Πρωΐας δὲ ἐπανάγων εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἐπείνασεν.

Romanized Greek

Prōias de epanagōn eis tēn polin, epeinasen.

MATTHEW 21:19

TWMC

He saw a fig tree beside the road and went over to it, but He found nothing on it except leaves.

He said to the tree, “May you never produce fruit again.”

Immediately, the fig tree withered.

KJV

And 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.

Greek

Καὶ ἰδὼν συκῆν μίαν ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ, ἦλθεν ἐπ’ αὐτήν, καὶ οὐδὲν εὗρεν ἐν αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ φύλλα μόνον∙ καὶ λέγει αὐτῇ, Μηκέτι ἐκ σοῦ καρπὸς γένηται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Καὶ ἐξηράνθη παραχρῆμα ἡ συκῆ.

Romanized Greek

Kai idōn sykēn mian epi tēs hodou, ēlthen ep’ autēn, kai ouden heuren en autē ei mē phylla monon; kai legei autē, Mēketi ek sou karpos genētai eis ton aiōna. Kai exēranthē parachrēma hē sykē.

MATTHEW 21:20

TWMC

When the disciples saw this, they were amazed.

“How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked.

KJV

And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

Greek

Καὶ ἰδόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ ἐθαύμασαν, λέγοντες, Πῶς παραχρῆμα ἐξηράνθη ἡ συκῆ;

Romanized Greek

Kai idontes hoi mathētai ethaumasan, legontes, Pōs parachrēma exēranthē hē sykē?

MATTHEW 21:21

TWMC

Jesus answered them, “I tell you the truth: if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only be able to do what happened to this fig tree. You could even say to this mountain, ‘Get up and throw yourself into the sea,’ and it would happen.

KJV

Jesus 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.

Greek

Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν, καὶ μὴ διακριθῆτε, οὐ μόνον τὸ τῆς συκῆς ποιήσετε, ἀλλὰ κἂν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ εἴπητε, Ἄρθητι, καὶ βλήθητι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, γενήσεται.

Romanized Greek

Apokritheis de ho Iēsous eipen autois, Amēn legō hymin, ean echēte pistin, kai mē diakrithēte, ou monon to tēs sykēs poiēsete, alla kan tō orei toutō eipēte, Arthēti, kai blēthēti eis tēn thalassan, genēsetai.

MATTHEW 21:22

TWMC

Whatever you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

KJV

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Greek

Καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐὰν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ, πιστεύοντες, λήψεσθε.

Romanized Greek

Kai panta hosa ean aitēsēte en tē proseuchē, pisteuontes, lēpsesthe.

MATTHEW 21:23

TWMC

Jesus returned to the temple and began teaching. The chief priests and elders of the people came to Him and demanded, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

KJV

¶ 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?

Greek

Καὶ ἐλθόντι αὐτῷ εἰς τὸ ἱερόν, προσῆλθον αὐτῷ διδάσκοντι οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ, λέγοντες, Ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς; Καὶ τίς σοι ἔδωκεν τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην;

Romanized Greek

Kai elthonti autō eis to hieron, prosēlthon autō didaskonti hoi archiereis kai hoi presbyteroi tou laou, legontes, En poia exousia tauta poieis? Kai tis soi edōken tēn exousian tautēn?

MATTHEW 21:24

TWMC

Jesus answered, “I will ask you one question. If you answer Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

KJV

And 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.

Greek

Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἐρωτήσω ὑμᾶς κἀγὼ λόγον ἕνα, ὃν ἐὰν εἴπητέ μοι, κἀγὼ ὑμῖν ἐρῶ ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιῶ.

Romanized Greek

Apokritheis de ho Iēsous eipen autois, Erōtēsō hymas kagō logon hena, hon ean eipēte moi, kagō hymin erō en poia exousia tauta poiō.

MATTHEW 21:25

TWMC

John’s baptism—where did it come from? Was it from heaven or from human beings?”

They began reasoning among themselves.

“If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

KJV

The 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?

Greek

Τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου πόθεν ἦν; Ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἢ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων; Οἱ δὲ διελογίζοντο παρ’ ἑαυτοῖς, λέγοντες, Ἐὰν εἴπωμεν, Ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἐρεῖ ἡμῖν, Διὰ τί οὖν οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ;

Romanized Greek

To baptisma Iōannou pothen ēn? Ex ouranou ē ex anthrōpōn? Hoi de dielogizonto par’ heautois, legontes, Ean eipōmen, Ex ouranou, erei hēmin, Dia ti oun ouk episteusate autō?

MATTHEW 21:26

TWMC

But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ we have the crowd to fear, because everyone considers John a prophet.”

KJV

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

Greek

Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν, Ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, φοβούμεθα τὸν ὄχλον∙ πάντες γὰρ ἔχουσιν τὸν Ἰωάννην ὡς προφήτην.

Romanized Greek

Ean de eipōmen, Ex anthrōpōn, phoboumetha ton ochlon; pantes gar echousin ton Iōannēn hōs prophētēn.

MATTHEW 21:27

TWMC

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

Jesus told them, “Then neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

KJV

And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Greek

Καὶ ἀποκριθέντες τῷ Ἰησοῦ εἶπον, Οὐκ οἴδαμεν. Ἔφη αὐτοῖς καὶ αὐτός, Οὐδὲ ἐγὼ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιῶ.

Romanized Greek

Kai apokrithentes tō Iēsou eipon, Ouk oidamen. Ephē autois kai autos, Oude egō legō hymin en poia exousia tauta poiō.

MATTHEW 21:28

TWMC

But tell Me what you think about this:

A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go work in my vineyard today.’

KJV

¶ 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.

Greek

Τί δὲ ὑμῖν δοκεῖ; Ἄνθρωπος εἶχεν τέκνα δύο, καὶ προσελθὼν τῷ πρώτῳ εἶπεν, Τέκνον, ὕπαγε, σήμερον ἐργάζου ἐν τῷ ἀμπελῶνί μου.

Romanized Greek

Ti de hymin dokei? Anthrōpos eichen tekna dyo, kai proselthōn tō prōtō eipen, Teknon, hypage, sēmeron ergazou en tō ampelōni mou.

MATTHEW 21:29

TWMC

The son answered, ‘I don’t want to.’

But later he changed his mind and went.

KJV

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

Greek

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Οὐ θέλω∙ ὕστερον δὲ μεταμεληθείς, ἀπῆλθεν.

Romanized Greek

Ho de apokritheis eipen, Ou thelō; hysteron de metamelētheis, apēlthen.

MATTHEW 21:30

TWMC

The father went to his second son and told him the same thing.

The son answered, ‘I will, sir.’

But he never went.

KJV

And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

Greek

Καὶ προσελθὼν τῷ δευτέρῳ εἶπεν ὡσαύτως. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Ἐγώ, κύριε∙ καὶ οὐκ ἀπῆλθεν.

Romanized Greek

Kai proselthōn tō deuterō eipen hōsautōs. Ho de apokritheis eipen, Egō, kyrie; kai ouk apēlthen.

MATTHEW 21:31

TWMC

Which of the two did what his father wanted?”

“The first,” they answered.

Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth: tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

KJV

Whether 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.

Greek

Τίς ἐκ τῶν δύο ἐποίησεν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός; Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Ὁ πρῶτος. Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οἱ τελῶναι καὶ αἱ πόρναι προάγουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.

Romanized Greek

Tis ek tōn dyo epoiēsen to thelēma tou patros? Legousin autō, Ho prōtos. Legei autois ho Iēsous, Amēn legō hymin hoti hoi telōnai kai hai pornai proagousin hymas eis tēn basileian tou theou.

MATTHEW 21:32

TWMC

John came to you showing the way of righteousness, and you refused to believe him. But tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. Even after you saw that, you still did not change your minds and believe him.

KJV

For 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.

Greek

Ἦλθεν γὰρ πρὸς ὑμᾶς Ἰωάννης ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης, καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ∙ οἱ δὲ τελῶναι καὶ αἱ πόρναι ἐπίστευσαν αὐτῷ∙ ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰδόντες οὐ μετεμελήθητε ὕστερον τοῦ πιστεῦσαι αὐτῷ.

Romanized Greek

Ēlthen gar pros hymas Iōannēs en hodō dikaiosynēs, kai ouk episteusate autō; hoi de telōnai kai hai pornai episteusan autō; hymeis de idontes ou metemelēthēte hysteron tou pisteusai autō.

MATTHEW 21:33

TWMC

Listen to another parable:

There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenant farmers and traveled to another country.

KJV

¶ 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:

Greek

Ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἀκούσατε. Ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν οἰκοδεσπότης, ὅστις ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα, καὶ φραγμὸν αὐτῷ περιέθηκεν, καὶ ὤρυξεν ἐν αὐτῷ ληνόν, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πύργον, καὶ ἐξέδοτο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς, καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν.

Romanized Greek

Allēn parabolēn akousate. Anthrōpos tis ēn oikodespotēs, hostis ephyteusen ampelōna, kai phragmon autō periethēken, kai ōryxen en autō lēnon, kai ōkodomēsen pyrgon, kai exedoto auton geōrgois, kai apedēmēsen.

MATTHEW 21:34

TWMC

When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect the fruit that belonged to him.

KJV

And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

Greek

Ὅτε δὲ ἤγγισεν ὁ καιρὸς τῶν καρπῶν, ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς γεωργούς, λαβεῖν τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ.

Romanized Greek

Hote de ēngisen ho kairos tōn karpōn, apesteilen tous doulous autou pros tous geōrgous, labein tous karpous autou.

MATTHEW 21:35

TWMC

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

KJV

And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

Greek

Καὶ λαβόντες οἱ γεωργοὶ τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ, ὃν μὲν ἔδειραν, ὃν δὲ ἀπέκτειναν, ὃν δὲ ἐλιθοβόλησαν.

Romanized Greek

Kai labontes hoi geōrgoi tous doulous autou, hon men edeiran, hon de apekteinan, hon de elithobolēsan.

MATTHEW 21:36

TWMC

So the landowner sent more servants—an even larger group than the first.

The tenants treated them the same way.

KJV

Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

Greek

Πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν ἄλλους δούλους πλείονας τῶν πρώτων∙ καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτοῖς ὡσαύτως.

Romanized Greek

Palin apesteilen allous doulous pleionas tōn prōtōn; kai epoiēsan autois hōsautōs.

MATTHEW 21:37

TWMC

Finally, he sent his own son to them.

‘Surely they will respect my son,’ he thought.

KJV

But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

Greek

Ὕστερον δὲ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, λέγων, Ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου.

Romanized Greek

Hysteron de apesteilen pros autous ton huion autou, legōn, Entrapēsontai ton huion mou.

MATTHEW 21:38

TWMC

But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come on—let’s kill him and take his inheritance for ourselves.’

KJV

But 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.

Greek

Οἱ δὲ γεωργοὶ ἰδόντες τὸν υἱὸν εἶπον ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος∙ δεῦτε, ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ κατάσχωμεν τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ.

Romanized Greek

Hoi de geōrgoi idontes ton huion eipon en heautois, Houtos estin ho klēronomos; deute, apokteinōmen auton, kai kataschōmen tēn klēronomian autou.

MATTHEW 21:39

TWMC

So they seized him, threw him outside the vineyard, and killed him.

KJV

And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

Greek

Καὶ λαβόντες αὐτὸν ἐξέβαλον ἔξω τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος καὶ ἀπέκτειναν.

Romanized Greek

Kai labontes auton exebalon exō tou ampelōnos kai apekteinan.

MATTHEW 21:40

TWMC

Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

KJV

When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

Greek

Ὅταν οὖν ἔλθῃ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, τί ποιήσει τοῖς γεωργοῖς ἐκείνοις;

Romanized Greek

Hotan oun elthē ho kyrios tou ampelōnos, ti poiēsei tois geōrgois ekeinois?

MATTHEW 21:41

TWMC

They answered Jesus, “He will bring those evil men to an evil end. Then he will rent the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his fruit at harvest time.”

KJV

They 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.

Greek

Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Κακοὺς κακῶς ἀπολέσει αὐτούς, καὶ τὸν ἀμπελῶνα ἐκδώσεται ἄλλοις γεωργοῖς, οἵτινες ἀποδώσουσιν αὐτῷ τοὺς καρποὺς ἐν τοῖς καιροῖς αὐτῶν.

Romanized Greek

Legousin autō, Kakous kakōs apolesei autous, kai ton ampelōna ekdōsetai allois geōrgois, hoitines apodōsousin autō tous karpous en tois kairois autōn.

MATTHEW 21:42

TWMC

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.

The Lord has done this,
and it is wonderful in our eyes’?

KJV

Jesus 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?

Greek

Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε ἐν ταῖς γραφαῖς, Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας∙ παρὰ κυρίου ἐγένετο αὕτη, καὶ ἔστιν θαυμαστὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν;

Romanized Greek

Legei autois ho Iēsous, Oudepote anegnōte en tais graphais, Lithon hon apedokimasan hoi oikodomountes, houtos egenēthē eis kephalēn gōnias; para kyriou egeneto hautē, kai estin thaumastē en ophthalmois hēmōn?

MATTHEW 21:43

TWMC

That is why I tell you: the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

KJV

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

Greek

Διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἀρθήσεται ἀφ’ ὑμῶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ δοθήσεται ἔθνει ποιοῦντι τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτῆς.

Romanized Greek

Dia touto legō hymin hoti arthēsetai aph’ hymōn hē basileia tou theou, kai dothēsetai ethnei poiounti tous karpous autēs.

MATTHEW 21:44

TWMC

Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and whoever the stone falls upon will be crushed.”

KJV

And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Greek

Καὶ ὁ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὸν λίθον τοῦτον συνθλασθήσεται∙ ἐφ’ ὃν δ’ ἂν πέσῃ, λικμήσει αὐτόν.

Romanized Greek

Kai ho pesōn epi ton lithon touton synthlasthēsetai; eph’ hon d’ an pesē, likmēsei auton.

MATTHEW 21:45

TWMC

When the chief priests and Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they realized He was talking about them.

KJV

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

Greek

Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι τὰς παραβολὰς αὐτοῦ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι περὶ αὐτῶν λέγει.

Romanized Greek

Kai akousantes hoi archiereis kai hoi Pharisaioi tas parabolas autou egnōsan hoti peri autōn legei.

MATTHEW 21:46

TWMC

They wanted to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowds because the people regarded Jesus as a prophet.

KJV

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

Greek

Καὶ ζητοῦντες αὐτὸν κρατῆσαι, ἐφοβήθησαν τοὺς ὄχλους, ἐπειδὴ ὡς προφήτην αὐτὸν εἶχον.

Romanized Greek

Kai zētountes auton kratēsai, ephobēthēsan tous ochlous, epeidē hōs prophētēn auton eichon.