The Koine Bible

And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples.

And he says to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied on which no one has yet sat; untie it and bring it.

And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say that the Lord has need of it; and immediately he will send it back here again.

And they went and found a colt tied at the door outside on the street, and they untied it.

And some of those standing there said to them, Why are you untying the colt?

And they said to them as Jesus had said, and they let them go.

And they brought the colt to Jesus, and they laid their garments on it, and he sat on it.

And many spread their garments on the road, and others cut branches from the fields and spread them on the road.

And those going before and those following were crying out, Hosanna; Blessed is the one coming in the name of the Lord;

Blessed is the coming kingdom of our Father David; Hosanna in the highest.

And he entered Jerusalem into the temple; and having looked around at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

And on the next day, when they went out from Bethany, he became hungry.

And seeing a fig tree from a distance having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he would find anything on it, and when he came to it he found nothing except leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

And answering, he said to it, No one will ever eat fruit from you again. And his disciples were listening.

And they come to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, he began to drive out those selling and those buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling the doves.

and he did not allow anyone to carry a vessel through the temple,

And he was teaching and saying to them, It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations; but you have made it a den of robbers.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and they were seeking how to destroy him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

And when evening came, they went out of the city.

And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

And Peter, remembering, said to him, Rabbi, look, the fig tree which I cursed has withered.

And Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God.

Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

Therefore I say to you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and they will be for you.

And whenever you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father in the heavens may also forgive you your trespasses.

And they come again to Jerusalem. While he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him.

And they said to him, By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?

But Jesus said to them, I will ask you one word, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men? Answer me.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, What shall we say? If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why then did you not believe him?

But let us say, From men?—they feared the crowd, for all held John to be truly a prophet.

And answering Jesus, they say, We do not know. And Jesus says to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.