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1 И҆ є҆гда̀ прибли́жишасѧ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ и҆ прїидо́ша въ виѳсфагі́ю къ горѣ̀ є҆леѡ́нстѣй, тогда̀ і҆и҃съ посла̀ два̀ ᲂу҆чн҃ка̑,
1 When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 гл҃ѧ и҆́ма: и҆ди́та въ ве́сь, ꙗ҆́же прѧ́мѡ ва́ма: и҆ а҆́бїе ѡ҆брѧ́щета ѻ҆слѧ̀ привѧ́зано, и҆ жребѧ̀ съ ни́мъ: ѿрѣши̑вша приведи́та мѝ:
2 saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
3 и҆ а҆́ще ва́ма кто̀ рече́тъ что̀, рече́та, ꙗ҆́кѡ гдⷭ҇ь є҆ю̀ тре́бꙋетъ: а҆́бїе же по́слетъ ѧ҆̀.
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 Сїе́ же всѐ бы́сть, да сбꙋ́детсѧ рече́нное прⷪ҇ро́комъ, глаго́лющимъ:
4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 рцы́те дще́ри сїѡ́новѣ: сѐ, цр҃ь тво́й грѧде́тъ тебѣ̀ кро́токъ, и҆ всѣ́дъ на ѻ҆слѧ̀ и҆ жребѧ̀, сы́на под̾ѧре́мнича.
5 “Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
6 Шє́дша же ᲂу҆чн҃ка̑ и҆ сотвѡ́рша, ꙗ҆́коже повелѣ̀ и҆́ма і҆и҃съ,
6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,
7 приведо́ста ѻ҆слѧ̀ и҆ жребѧ̀: и҆ возложи́ша верхꙋ̀ є҆ю̀ ри̑зы своѧ̑, и҆ всѣ́де верхꙋ̀ и҆́хъ.
7 and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
8 Мно́жайшїи же наро́ди постила́хꙋ ри̑зы своѧ̑ по пꙋтѝ: дрꙋзі́и же рѣ́захꙋ вѣ̑тви ѿ дре́въ и҆ постила́хꙋ по пꙋтѝ.
8 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 Наро́ди же предходѧ́щїи (є҆мꙋ̀) и҆ вслѣ́дствꙋющїи зва́хꙋ, глаго́люще: ѡ҆са́нна сн҃ꙋ дв҃довꙋ: блгⷭ҇ве́нъ грѧды́й во и҆́мѧ гдⷭ҇не: ѡ҆са́нна въ вы́шнихъ.
9 The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
10 И҆ вше́дшꙋ є҆мꙋ̀ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ, потрѧсе́сѧ ве́сь гра́дъ, глаго́лѧ: кто́ є҆сть се́й;
10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 Наро́ди же глаго́лахꙋ: се́й є҆́сть і҆и҃съ прⷪ҇ро́къ, и҆́же ѿ назаре́та галїле́йска.
11 The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 И҆ вни́де і҆и҃съ въ це́рковь бж҃їю и҆ и҆згна̀ всѧ̑ продаю́щыѧ и҆ кꙋпꙋ́ющыѧ въ це́ркви, и҆ трапє́зы торжникѡ́мъ и҆спрове́рже и҆ сѣда̑лища продаю́щихъ гѡ́лꙋби,
12 Jesus entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
13 и҆ гл҃а и҆̀мъ: пи́сано є҆́сть: хра́мъ мо́й хра́мъ мл҃твы нарече́тсѧ: вы́ же сотвори́сте и҆̀ верте́пъ разбо́йникѡмъ.
13 He 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 И҆ пристꙋпи́ша къ немꙋ̀ хро́мїи и҆ слѣпі́и въ це́ркви: и҆ и҆сцѣлѝ и҆̀хъ.
14 The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
15 Ви́дѣвше же а҆рхїере́є и҆ кни́жницы чꙋдеса̀, ꙗ҆̀же сотворѝ, и҆ ѻ҆́троки зовꙋ́щѧ въ це́ркви и҆ глаго́лющѧ: ѡ҆са́нна сн҃ꙋ дв҃довꙋ, негодова́ша
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,
16 и҆ рѣ́ша є҆мꙋ̀: слы́шиши ли, что̀ сі́и глаго́лютъ; І҆и҃съ же речѐ и҆̀мъ: є҆́й: нѣ́сте ли члѝ николи́же, ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆з̾ ᲂу҆́стъ младе́нєцъ и҆ ссꙋ́щихъ соверши́лъ є҆сѝ хвалꙋ̀;
16 and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and nursing babies, you have perfected praise’?”
17 И҆ ѡ҆ста́вль и҆̀хъ, и҆зы́де во́нъ и҆з̾ гра́да въ виѳа́нїю и҆ водвори́сѧ тꙋ̀.
17 He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
18 Оу҆́трꙋ же возвра́щьсѧ во гра́дъ, взалка̀:
18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
19 и҆ ᲂу҆зрѣ́въ смоко́вницꙋ є҆ди́нꙋ при пꙋтѝ, прїи́де къ не́й, и҆ ничто́же ѡ҆брѣ́те на не́й, то́кмѡ ли́ствїе є҆ди́но, и҆ гл҃а є҆́й: да николи́же ѿ тебє̀ плода̀ бꙋ́детъ во вѣ́ки. И҆ а҆́бїе и҆́зсше смоко́вница.
19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
20 И҆ ви́дѣвше ᲂу҆чн҃цы̀ диви́шасѧ, глаго́люще: ка́кѡ а҆́бїе и҆́зсше смоко́вница;
20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
21 Ѿвѣща́въ же і҆и҃съ речѐ и҆̀мъ: а҆ми́нь гл҃ю ва́мъ: а҆́ще и҆́мате вѣ́рꙋ и҆ не ᲂу҆сꙋмните́сѧ, не то́кмѡ смоко́вничное сотворитѐ, но а҆́ще и҆ горѣ̀ се́й рече́те: дви́гнисѧ и҆ ве́рзисѧ въ мо́ре, бꙋ́детъ:
21 Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.
22 и҆ всѧ̑, є҆ли̑ка а҆́ще воспро́сите въ моли́твѣ вѣ́рꙋюще, прїи́мете.
22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
23 И҆ прише́дшꙋ є҆мꙋ̀ въ це́рковь, пристꙋпи́ша къ немꙋ̀ ᲂу҆ча́щꙋ а҆рхїере́є и҆ ста́рцы людсті́и, глаго́люще: ко́ею вла́стїю сїѧ̑ твори́ши; и҆ кто́ ти дадѐ вла́сть сїю̀;
23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
24 Ѿвѣща́въ же і҆и҃съ речѐ и҆̀мъ: вопрошꙋ́ вы и҆ а҆́зъ сло́во є҆ди́но: є҆́же а҆́ще рече́те мнѣ̀, и҆ а҆́зъ ва́мъ рекꙋ̀, ко́ею вла́стїю сїѧ̑ творю̀:
24 Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 кр҃ще́нїе і҆ѡа́нново ѿкꙋ́дꙋ бѣ̀; съ нб҃се́ ли, и҆лѝ ѿ человѣ̑къ; Ѻ҆ни́ же помышлѧ́хꙋ въ себѣ̀, глаго́люще: а҆́ще рече́мъ, съ нб҃сѐ: рече́тъ на́мъ: почто̀ ᲂу҆̀бо не вѣ́ровасте є҆мꙋ̀;
25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
26 а҆́ще ли рече́мъ, ѿ человѣ̑къ: бои́мсѧ наро́да: вси́ бо и҆́мꙋтъ і҆ѡа́нна ꙗ҆́кѡ прⷪ҇ро́ка.
26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
27 И҆ ѿвѣща́вше і҆и҃сови рѣ́ша: не вѣ́мы. Речѐ и҆̀мъ и҆ то́й: ни а҆́зъ ва́мъ гл҃ю, ко́ею вла́стїю сїѧ̑ творю̀.
27 They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
28 Что́ же сѧ̀ ва́мъ мни́тъ; Человѣ́къ нѣ́кїй и҆мѧ́ше два̀ сы̑на, и҆ прише́дъ къ пе́рвомꙋ, речѐ: ча́до, и҆дѝ дне́сь, дѣ́лай въ вїногра́дѣ мое́мъ.
28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
29 Ѻ҆́нъ же ѿвѣща́въ речѐ: не хощꙋ̀: послѣди́ же раска́ѧвсѧ, и҆́де.
29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
30 И҆ пристꙋ́пль къ дрꙋго́мꙋ, речѐ та́коже. Ѻ҆́нъ же ѿвѣща́въ речѐ: а҆́зъ, го́споди (и҆дꙋ̀): и҆ не и҆́де.
30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
31 Кі́й ѿ ѻ҆бою̀ сотворѝ во́лю ѻ҆́тчꙋ; Глаго́лаша є҆мꙋ̀: пе́рвый. Гл҃а и҆̀мъ і҆и҃съ: а҆ми́нь гл҃ю ва́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ мытари̑ и҆ любодѣ̑йцы варѧ́ютъ вы̀ въ црⷭ҇твїи бж҃їи:
31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.
32 прїи́де бо къ ва́мъ і҆ѡа́ннъ (крⷭ҇ти́тель) пꙋте́мъ првⷣнымъ, и҆ не вѣ́ровасте є҆мꙋ̀, мытари̑ же и҆ любодѣ̑йцы вѣ́роваша є҆мꙋ̀: вы́ же ви́дѣвше, не раска́ѧстесѧ послѣдѝ вѣ́ровати є҆мꙋ̀.
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
33 И҆́нꙋ при́тчꙋ слы́шите. Человѣ́къ нѣ́кїй бѣ̀ домови́тъ, и҆́же насадѝ вїногра́дъ, и҆ ѡ҆пло́томъ ѡ҆градѝ є҆го̀, и҆ и҆скопа̀ въ не́мъ точи́ло, и҆ созда̀ сто́лпъ, и҆ вдадѐ и҆̀ дѣ́лателємъ, и҆ ѿи́де.
33 “Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
34 Є҆гда́ же прибли́жисѧ вре́мѧ плодѡ́въ, посла̀ рабы̑ своѧ̑ къ дѣ́лателємъ прїѧ́ти плоды̀ є҆гѡ̀:
34 When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
35 и҆ є҆́мше дѣ́лателє рабѡ́въ є҆гѡ̀, ѻ҆́ваго ᲂу҆́бѡ би́ша, ѻ҆́ваго же ᲂу҆би́ша, ѻ҆́ваго же ка́менїемъ поби́ша.
35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36 Па́ки посла̀ и҆́ны рабы̑ мно́жайшѧ пе́рвыхъ: и҆ сотвори́ша и҆̀мъ та́коже.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
37 Послѣди́ же посла̀ къ ни̑мъ сы́на своего̀, глаго́лѧ: ᲂу҆срамѧ́тсѧ сы́на моегѡ̀.
37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 Дѣ́лателє же ви́дѣвше сы́на, рѣ́ша въ себѣ̀: се́й є҆́сть наслѣ́дникъ: прїиди́те, ᲂу҆бїе́мъ є҆го̀ и҆ ᲂу҆держи́мъ достоѧ́нїе є҆гѡ̀.
38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’
39 И҆ є҆́мше є҆го̀ и҆зведо́ша во́нъ и҆з̾ вїногра́да и҆ ᲂу҆би́ша.
39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
40 Є҆гда̀ ᲂу҆̀бо прїи́детъ господи́нъ вїногра́да, что̀ сотвори́тъ дѣ́лателємъ тѣ̑мъ;
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 Глаго́лаша є҆мꙋ̀: ѕлы́хъ ѕлѣ̀ погꙋби́тъ и҆̀хъ, и҆ вїногра́дъ преда́стъ и҆́нымъ дѣ́лателємъ, и҆̀же воздадѧ́тъ є҆мꙋ̀ плоды̀ во времена̀ своѧ̑.
41 They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season.”
42 Гл҃а и҆̀мъ і҆и҃съ: нѣ́сте ли члѝ николи́же въ писа́нїихъ: ка́мень, є҆гѡ́же не въ рѧдꙋ̀ сотвори́ша зи́ждꙋщїи, се́й бы́сть во главꙋ̀ ᲂу҆́гла; ѿ гдⷭ҇а бы́сть сїѐ, и҆ є҆́сть ди́вно во ѻ҆́чїю ва́шєю.
42 Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди гл҃ю ва́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿи́метсѧ ѿ ва́съ црⷭ҇твїе бж҃їе и҆ да́стсѧ ꙗ҆зы́кꙋ творѧ́щемꙋ плоды̀ є҆гѡ̀:
43 “Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
44 и҆ пады́й на ка́мени се́мъ сокрꙋши́тсѧ: а҆ на не́мже паде́тъ, сотры́етъ и҆̀.
44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
45 И҆ слы́шавше а҆рхїере́є и҆ фарїсе́є при̑тчи є҆гѡ̀, разꙋмѣ́ша, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆ ни́хъ гл҃етъ:
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
46 и҆ и҆́щꙋще є҆го̀ ꙗ҆́ти, ᲂу҆боѧ́шасѧ наро́да, поне́же ꙗ҆́кѡ прⷪ҇ро́ка є҆го̀ и҆мѣ́ѧхꙋ.
46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
Cross references (46)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Zechariah 14:4; Mark 11:1–10; Luke 21:37; Matthew 26:30; Matthew 24:3
  2. 2 Luke 19:30–32; Mark 11:2–3; John 2:5–8; Mark 14:13–16; Matthew 26:18
  3. 3 2 Corinthians 8:1–2; Acts 17:25; John 3:35; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Psalm 50:10–11
  4. 4 Zechariah 9:9; John 12:15; Matthew 1:22; Matthew 26:56; John 19:36–37
  5. 5 Zechariah 9:9–10; Isaiah 62:11; Isaiah 9:6–7; Isaiah 12:6; Genesis 49:10
  6. 6 Genesis 6:22; 1 Samuel 15:11; Genesis 12:4; Exodus 39:43; John 15:14
  7. 7 2 Kings 9:13; Mark 11:4–8; Luke 19:32–35
  8. 8 2 Kings 9:13; Leviticus 23:40; John 12:13
  9. 9 Psalm 118:24–26; Luke 2:14; John 12:13–15; Matthew 23:39; Luke 19:37–38
  10. 10 Acts 9:5; Luke 7:49; John 12:16–19; Luke 9:9; Ruth 1:19
  11. 11 John 6:14; Luke 7:16; John 7:40; Acts 7:37; Matthew 2:23
  12. 12 John 2:14–17; Luke 19:45–47; Mark 11:15–18; Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7
  13. 13 Jeremiah 7:11; Isaiah 56:7; Luke 19:46; Mark 11:17; Psalm 93:5
  14. 14 Acts 3:1–9; Acts 10:38; Matthew 9:35; Isaiah 35:5; Matthew 11:4–5
  15. 15 Matthew 21:9; Luke 19:39–40; Matthew 22:42; Matthew 21:23; John 4:1
  16. 16 Psalm 8:2; Matthew 11:25; Luke 19:39–40; Matthew 19:4; Matthew 12:3
  17. 17 John 11:18; Mark 11:11; John 11:1; Luke 24:50; Matthew 16:4
  18. 18 Matthew 4:2; Hebrews 4:15; Mark 11:12–14; Mark 11:20–24; Matthew 12:1
  19. 19 Mark 11:14; John 15:6; Titus 1:16; Luke 13:6–9; Luke 3:9
  20. 20 Isaiah 40:6–8; Mark 11:20–21; James 1:10–11
  21. 21 James 1:6; Matthew 17:20; Mark 11:22–23; Luke 17:6–7; Romans 4:19–20
  22. 22 Matthew 7:7; 1 John 5:14–15; Mark 11:24; 1 John 3:22; John 14:13
  23. 23 Acts 4:7; Mark 11:27–33; 1 Chronicles 24:1–19; Matthew 26:55; Luke 19:47–20:8
  24. 24 Luke 6:9; Colossians 4:6; Matthew 10:16; Proverbs 26:4–5
  25. 25 1 John 3:20; Mark 1:1–11; John 10:25–26; Luke 20:5; John 3:18
  26. 26 Mark 6:20; Matthew 14:5; Matthew 21:46; John 5:35; Matthew 11:9
  27. 27 Romans 1:18–22; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–10; John 9:30; 2 Corinthians 4:3; Isaiah 28:9
  28. 28 Matthew 20:1; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Mark 13:34; 1 Corinthians 10:15; Luke 15:11–32
  29. 29 Ezekiel 18:28–32; Daniel 4:34–37; Ephesians 2:1–13; Matthew 3:2–8; Isaiah 1:16–19
  30. 30 Titus 1:16; Ezekiel 33:31; Matthew 23:3; Romans 2:17–25
  31. 31 Luke 7:29; Luke 7:37–50; Matthew 7:21; 2 Peter 3:9; Matthew 20:16
  32. 32 Luke 7:37–50; Luke 7:29–30; Matthew 21:25; Zechariah 7:11–12; 2 Peter 2:21
  33. 33 Isaiah 5:1–4; Mark 12:1–12; Luke 20:9–19; Jeremiah 2:21; John 15:1
  34. 34 Luke 20:10–19; Isaiah 5:4; Zechariah 1:3–6; Nehemiah 9:29–30; 2 Kings 17:13–23
  35. 35 2 Chronicles 36:15–16; Hebrews 11:36–37; Matthew 5:12; Nehemiah 9:26; Acts 7:52
  36. 36 Matthew 22:4
  37. 37 John 3:16; Zephaniah 3:7; John 3:35–36; Matthew 3:17; Luke 20:13
  38. 38 Luke 20:14; Genesis 37:18–20; Mark 12:7–8; Hebrews 1:2; Acts 4:27–28
  39. 39 Acts 2:23; John 18:12; Luke 22:52–54; Acts 3:14–15; James 5:6
  40. 40 Hebrews 10:29; Mark 12:9; Luke 20:15–16
  41. 41 Acts 18:6; Matthew 21:43; Isaiah 5:5–7; Acts 28:28; Matthew 22:6–7
  42. 42 Psalm 118:22–23; Isaiah 28:16; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:4–8; Ephesians 2:20
  43. 43 Matthew 21:41; Matthew 8:11–12; 1 Peter 2:9; John 3:3; Luke 17:20–21
  44. 44 Isaiah 8:14–15; 1 Peter 2:8; Daniel 2:34–35; Daniel 2:44–45; Romans 9:33
  45. 45 Luke 20:19; Luke 11:45; Matthew 12:12
  46. 46 Matthew 21:11; Matthew 21:26; John 7:40–41; Acts 2:22; Luke 7:16

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  1. Commentary 21:19 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXXIX)

    The lesson of the Holy Gospel which has just been read, has given us an alarming warning, lest we have leaves only, and have no fruit. That is, in few words, lest words be present and deeds be wanting. Very terrible!

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  2. Commentary 21:12 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXVII)

    This John likewise saith, but he in the beginning of his Gospel, this at the end. Whence it is probable this was done twice, and at different seasons. And it is evident both from the times, and from their reply. For there He came at the very passover, but here much before.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 21:13 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Preface)

    … and did truly vindicate His own house, by driving out of it the changers of money, who were buying and selling, saying unto them: "It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." And what reason had He for thus doing and saying, and vindicating His house, if …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 21:38 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVII, Chapter 19)

    Indeed, the gospel parable about the wicked husbandmen shows that our Lord Jesus Himself said something like it: "This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours." In like manner also that passage in this same book, on which we have already touched when we were speaking of the barren woman who hath born …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  5. Quotes verse 21:16 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily VII)

    For instance, when after many miracles children were singing hymns unto Him, hear what saith the prophet, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise." And again, "I will consider the Heavens, the works of Thy fingers;" which signifies Him to be Maker of the universe.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)