Matthew 21 - 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

21 1 Christ rideth on an ass unto Jerusalem. 12 He casteth out the sellers. 13 The house of prayer. 19 The withered fig tree. 25 John’s baptism. 28 Who do the will of God. 30 Publicans, Harlots. 33 God’s vineyard. The Jews. 38 The son killed of the husbandmen. 42 The cornerstone.

¹ And ^(A)[a]when they drew near to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

² Saying to them, Go into the town that is over against you, and anon ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

³ And if any man say ought unto you, say ye, that the Lord hath need of them, and straightway ^[b]he will let them go.

⁴ All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,

⁵ ¶ ^(B)Tell ye the ^[c]daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass used to the yoke.

⁶ So the disciples went, and did as Jesus had commanded them,

⁷ And brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their ^[d]clothes, and set him ^[e]thereon.

⁸ And a great multitude spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

⁹ Moreover, the people that went before, and they also that followed, cried, saying, ^[f]Hosanna to the Son of David, ^[g]Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna thou which art in the highest heavens.

^{10 (C)}And when he was come into Jerusalem, ^[h]all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

¹¹ And the people said, This is Jesus that Prophet of Nazareth in Galilee.

¹² ¶ And Jesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them ^(D)that sold and bought in the Temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

¹³ And said to them, It is written, ^(E)My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ^(F)ye have made it a den of thieves.

¹⁴ Then the blind, and the halt came to him, in the Temple, and he healed them.

^{15 [i]}But when the chief Priests and Scribes saw the marvels that he did, and the children crying in the Temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they disdained,

¹⁶ And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said unto them, Yea: read ye never, ^(G)By the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast ^[j]made perfect the praise?

¹⁷ ¶ ^[k]So he left them, and went out of the city unto Bethany, and lodged there.

^{18 [l]}And ^(H)in the morning, as he returned into the city, he was hungry.

¹⁹ And seeing a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, Never fruit grow on thee henceforward. And anon the fig tree withered.

²⁰ And when his disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered!

^{21 [m]}And Jesus answered and said unto them, ^(I)Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith, and ^[n]doubt not, ye shall not only do that, which I have done to the fig tree, but also if ye say unto this mountain, Take thyself away, and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done.

^{22 (J)}And whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, if ye believe, ye shall receive it.

²³ ¶ ^(K)[o]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 ^[p]authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

²⁴ Then Jesus answered, and said unto them, I also will ask of you ^[q]a certain thing, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

²⁵ The ^[r]baptism of John, whence was it? from ^[s]heaven, or of men? Then they ^[t]reasoned among themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

²⁶ And if we say, Of men, we fear the multitude, ^(L)for all hold John as a Prophet.

²⁷ Then they answered Jesus, and said, We can not tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

²⁸ ¶ ^[u]But what think ye? A certain man had two sons, and came to the elder, and said, Son, go and work today in my vineyard.

²⁹ But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himself, and went.

³⁰ Then came he to the second, and said likewise. And he answered, and said, I will, Sir: yet he went not.

³¹ Whether of them twain did the will of the father? They said unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the Publicans and the harlots ^[v]go before you into the kingdom of God.

³² For John came unto you in the ^[w]way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the Publicans and the harlots believed him, and ye though ye saw it, were not moved with repentance afterward, that ye might believe him.

³³ ¶ ^[x]Hear another parable, There was a certain householder, ^(M)which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepress therein, and ^[y]built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country.

³⁴ And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive the fruits thereof.

³⁵ And the husbandmen took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more than the first: and they did the like unto them.

³⁷ But last of all he sent unto them his own son, saying, They will reverence my son.

³⁸ But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, ^(N)This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and let us ^[z]take his inheritance.

³⁹ So they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

⁴⁰ When therefore the Lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?

⁴¹ They said unto him, He will ^[aa]cruelly destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall deliver him the fruits in their seasons.

⁴² Jesus said unto them, Read ye never in the Scriptures, ^(O)The stone which the ^[ab]builders refused, the same is ^[ac]made the ^[ad]head of the corner? ^[ae]This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

⁴³ Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation, which shall bring forth the ^[af]fruits thereof.

^{44 (P)}And whosoever shall fall on this stone, he shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will ^[ag]dash him in pieces.

⁴⁵ And when the chief Priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

^{46 [ah]}And they seeking to lay hands on him, feared the people, because they took him as a Prophet.

Footnotes

1. Matthew 21:1 Christ by his humility triumphing over the pride of this world, ascendeth to true glory by ignomy of the cross.
2. Matthew 21:3 He that shall say anything to you, shall let them go, to wit, the ass and the colt.
3. Matthew 21:5 The city of Zion. An Hebrew kind of speech, common in the lamentations of Jeremiah.
4. Matthew 21:7 Their uppermost garments.
5. Matthew 21:7 Upon their garments, not upon the ass and the colt.
6. Matthew 21:9 This was an ancient kind of crying which they used in the feast of Tabernacles, when they carried boughs according as God commanded, Lev. 23:40. And the word is corruptly made of two, for we should say, Hoshiangna, which is as much to say, as Save I pray thee.
7. Matthew 21:9 Well be it to him that cometh in the name of the Lord, that is to say, whom the Lord hath given us for our king.
8. Matthew 21:10 That is, all the men of Jerusalem were moved.
9. Matthew 21:15 Such as should be masters of godliness, are they that do most envy the glory of Christ: but in vain.
10. Matthew 21:16 Thou hast made most perfect. We read in David, Thou hast established or grounded, and if the matter be considered well, it is all one that the Evangelist saith, for that is stable and sure, which is most perfect.
11. Matthew 21:17 Christ doth so forsake the wicked, that yet he hath a consideration and regard of his Church.
12. Matthew 21:18 Hypocrites shall at length have their masks discovered, and their vizards plucked from their faces.
13. Matthew 21:21 How great the force of faith is.
14. Matthew 21:21 The Greek word signifieth a sticking or wavering of mind, so that we cannot tell which way to take.
15. Matthew 21:23 Against them which overstepping the doctrine, blind the calling and vocation to an ordinary succession going about by that false pretext, to stop Christ’s mouth.
16. Matthew 21:23 Or, by what power.
17. Matthew 21:24 One word, that is to say, I will ask you in one word.
18. Matthew 21:25 John his preaching is called by a figure, Baptism, because he preached the baptism of repentance, etc., Mark 1:4; Acts 19:3.
19. Matthew 21:25 From God, and so it is plainly seen how these are set one against another.
20. Matthew 21:25 Beat their heads about it and mused, or laid their heads together.
21. Matthew 21:28 It is no new thing to see them to be the worst of all men, which ought to show the way of godliness to others.
22. Matthew 21:31 They make haste to the kingdom of God, and you slack so that at least wise you should have followed their example. Mark then that this word (go before) is improperly taken in this place, whereas no man followeth.
23. Matthew 21:32 Living uprightly, being of a good and honest conversation: For the Hebrews use this word, Way, for life and manners.
24. Matthew 21:33 Those men oftentimes are the cruelest enemies of the Church, to whose fidelity it is committed: But the vocation of God, is neither tied to time, place, nor person.
25. Matthew 21:33 Made the place strong: For a tower is the strongest place of a wall.
26. Matthew 21:38 Word for word, let us hold it fast.
27. Matthew 21:41 A kind of proverb, showing what end the wicked are worthy of.
28. Matthew 21:42 Master builders, which are chief builders of the house, that is, of the Church.
29. Matthew 21:42 Began to be.
30. Matthew 21:42 The chiefest stone in the corner is called the head of the corner, which beareth up the couplings or joints of the whole building.
31. Matthew 21:42 That matter (in that the stone which was cast away, is made the head) is the Lord’s doing, which we behold and greatly marvel at.
32. Matthew 21:43 They bring forth the fruits of the kingdom of God, which bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, and not of the flesh, Gal. 5.
33. Matthew 21:44 As chaff used to be scattered with the wind, for he useth a word which signifieth properly, to separate the chaff from the corn with winnowing, to scatter it abroad.
34. Matthew 21:46 The wicked can do nothing, but what God will.

Cross references

1. Matthew 21:1 : Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29
2. Matthew 21:5 : Isa. 62:11; Zech. 9:9; John 12:15
3. Matthew 21:10 : Mark 11:11; Luke 19:45; John 2:13
4. Matthew 21:12 : Deut. 14:25
5. Matthew 21:13 : Isa. 56:6-7
6. Matthew 21:13 : Jer. 7:11; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46
7. Matthew 21:16 : Ps. 8:2
8. Matthew 21:18 : Mark 21:12
9. Matthew 21:21 : Matt. 17:20
10. Matthew 21:22 : Matt. 7:7; John 15:7; 1 John 5:14
11. Matthew 21:23 : Mark 11:27-28; Luke 20:1-2
12. Matthew 21:26 : Matt. 14:5; Mark 6:20
13. Matthew 21:33 : Isa. 5:1; Jer. 2:21; Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9
14. Matthew 21:38 : Matt. 26:3-4; Matt. 27:1; John 11:53
15. Matthew 21:42 : Ps. 118:22; Acts 4:11; Rom. 9:33
16. Matthew 21:44 : Isa. 8:14