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1 Ya cerca de Jerusalén, en el pueblo de Betfagué, junto al monte de los Olivos, Jesús envió a dos de los discípulos al pueblo cercano.
1 When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 A la entrada del pueblo les dijo: «Hallarán una burra atada y junto a ella un burrito. Desátenlos y me los traen.
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 Si alguien les pregunta algo, díganle que el Maestro los necesita y que luego se los devolverá».
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 Así se cumplió la antigua profecía:
4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 «Díganle a Jerusalén: “Tu Rey vendrá a ti sentado humildemente sobre un burrito”».
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 Los dos discípulos obedecieron,
6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,
7 y poco después regresaron con los animales. Pusieron luego sus mantos encima del burrito para que Jesús se montara.
7 and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
8 Cuando Jesús pasaba, algunos de entre el gentío tendían sus mantos a lo largo del camino, otros cortaban ramas de los árboles y las tendían delante de él.
8 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 Y delante y detrás del cortejo, el pueblo lo aclamaba: ―¡Viva el Hijo del rey David! ¡Alábenlo! ¡Bendito el que viene en el nombre del Señor! ¡Gloria a Dios!
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 Cuando entraron a Jerusalén, toda la ciudad se conmovió. ―¿Quién será este? —preguntaban.
10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 ―Es Jesús, el profeta de Nazaret de Galilea.
11 The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Jesús se dirigió al templo y echó fuera a los que allí vendían y compraban, y volcó las mesas de los que cambiaban dinero y las sillas de los que vendían palomas. Y dijo:
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 ―Las Escrituras afirman que el templo de Dios es casa de oración, pero ustedes lo han convertido en cueva de ladrones.
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 Entonces se le acercaron los ciegos y los cojos y los sanó allí mismo en el templo.
14 The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
15 Los principales sacerdotes y los demás jefes judíos vieron aquellos sorprendentes milagros; y cuando escucharon a los niños que gritaban en el templo: «¡Viva el Hijo de David!», se perturbaron y se llenaron de indignación. Entonces le dijeron a Jesús:
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 ―¿No oyes lo que están diciendo esos niños? ―Sí —respondió Jesús—. ¿No dicen acaso las Escrituras que “aun los recién nacidos lo adoran”?
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 Después de esto regresó a Betania, donde pasó la noche.
17 He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
18 Cuando regresaba a Jerusalén a la mañana siguiente, tuvo hambre.
18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
19 Se acercó a una higuera del camino con la esperanza de encontrar en ella higos, ¡pero sólo encontró hojas! ―¡Nunca jamás produzcas fruto! —le dijo. Y la higuera se secó.
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 Al verlo, los discípulos se preguntaron llenos de asombro: ―¿Cómo es que la higuera se secó tan pronto?
20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
21 Y Jesús les respondió: ―Pues les repito que si tienen fe y no dudan, podrán hacer cosas como esta y muchas más. Hasta podrán decirle al Monte de los Olivos que se quite y se arroje al mar, y los obedecerá.
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 Cualquier cosa que pidan en oración la recibirán, si de veras creen.
22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
23 Ya de regreso en el templo, y mientras enseñaba, los principales sacerdotes y otros jefes judíos se le acercaron a exigirle que les explicara por qué había echado del templo a los mercaderes y quién le había dado autoridad para hacerlo.
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 ―Lo explicaré si ustedes me contestan primero esta pregunta —les respondió Jesús—.
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 ¿Quién envió a Juan a bautizar? ¿Fue Dios o no? Como era una pregunta difícil de contestar, se pusieron a discutirla entre ellos en voz baja: ―Si decimos que Dios lo envió, nos preguntará por qué no creímos en él.
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 Y si decimos que no fue Dios el que lo envió, el pueblo se enojará, porque casi todo el mundo cree que Juan era profeta.
26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
27 Por fin le respondieron: ―La verdad es que no sabemos. Y Jesús les dijo: ―Pues yo tampoco les voy a decir quién me dio autoridad para hacer estas cosas.
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 »Pero, ¿qué les parece? Un padre que tenía dos hijos le dijo al mayor: “Hijo, ve a trabajar hoy a la finca”.
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 Y el hijo le respondió: “Lo siento; no tengo deseos de trabajar hoy en la finca”. Pero luego, arrepentido, fue.
29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
30 Cuando el padre le pidió al menor que fuera, este le respondió: “¡Con mucho gusto! ¡Ahora mismo voy!”. Pero no fue. Díganme:
30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
31 ¿Cuál de los dos obedeció a su padre? ―El primero, por supuesto —le respondieron los principales sacerdotes y los jefes judíos. ―Pues los despreciados cobradores de impuestos y las prostitutas llegarán al reino de Dios antes que ustedes,
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 puesto que Juan el Bautista les dijo que se arrepintieran y se volvieran a Dios, y ustedes no le hicieron caso. Los cobradores de impuestos y las prostitutas, en cambio, sí que creyeron el mensaje de Juan. Y aun viendo que esto sucedía así, ustedes se negaron a arrepentirse y a creer en él.
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 Entonces les contó la siguiente parábola: «Cierto hombre plantó una viña, la cercó, construyó una torre de vigilancia, y la arrendó a varios labradores. Según el contrato, estos habrían de compartir con el dueño el producto de la viña. El dueño se fue a otra región.
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 Cuando se acercó el tiempo de la cosecha, envió a empleados suyos a recoger lo que le correspondía.
34 When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
35 Pero los labradores los atacaron: a uno lo golpearon, a otro lo mataron y a otro lo apedrearon.
35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36 Entonces el dueño envió un grupo mayor de hombres a cobrar, pero estos corrieron la misma suerte.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
37 Por último, envió a su hijo con la esperanza de que lo respetarían por ser quien era.
37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 Pero cuando los labradores vieron que se acercaba, se dijeron: “Este no es nada menos que el heredero. Matémoslo y así nos quedaremos con la herencia”.
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 Y, en efecto, lo sacaron de la viña y lo mataron.
39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
40 »¿Qué creen ustedes que hará el dueño cuando regrese?».
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 Los dirigentes judíos respondieron: ―Pues matará sin misericordia a esos malvados y arrendará la viña a otros labradores que le paguen lo convenido.
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 Entonces Jesús les preguntó: ―¿Han leído alguna vez en las Escrituras aquello que dice: “La piedra que rechazaron los constructores ha sido puesta como piedra principal. ¡Qué interesante! El Señor lo hizo y es maravilloso”?
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 Con esto quiero decirles que a ustedes Dios les va a quitar el reino de los cielos, y se lo dará a gentes que den los frutos que él espera.
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 El que tropiece con la Roca de la verdad se hará pedazos; y al que la piedra le caiga encima quedará pulverizado.
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 Al darse cuenta los principales sacerdotes y los demás jefes judíos que Jesús se refería a ellos, que ellos eran los labradores de la parábola,
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
46 sintieron deseos de apresarlo, pero no se atrevieron porque el pueblo tenía a Jesús por profeta.
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 Zechariah 14:4; Mark 11:1–10; Luke 21:37; Matthew 26:30; Matthew 24:3
- 2 Luke 19:30–32; Mark 11:2–3; John 2:5–8; Mark 14:13–16; Matthew 26:18
- 3 2 Corinthians 8:1–2; Acts 17:25; John 3:35; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Psalm 50:10–11
- 4 Zechariah 9:9; John 12:15; Matthew 1:22; Matthew 26:56; John 19:36–37
- 5 Zechariah 9:9–10; Isaiah 62:11; Isaiah 9:6–7; Isaiah 12:6; Genesis 49:10
- 6 Genesis 6:22; 1 Samuel 15:11; Genesis 12:4; Exodus 39:43; John 15:14
- 7 2 Kings 9:13; Mark 11:4–8; Luke 19:32–35
- 8 2 Kings 9:13; Leviticus 23:40; John 12:13
- 9 Psalm 118:24–26; Luke 2:14; John 12:13–15; Matthew 23:39; Luke 19:37–38
- 10 Acts 9:5; Luke 7:49; John 12:16–19; Luke 9:9; Ruth 1:19
- 11 John 6:14; Luke 7:16; John 7:40; Acts 7:37; Matthew 2:23
- 12 John 2:14–17; Luke 19:45–47; Mark 11:15–18; Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7
- 13 Jeremiah 7:11; Isaiah 56:7; Luke 19:46; Mark 11:17; Psalm 93:5
- 14 Acts 3:1–9; Acts 10:38; Matthew 9:35; Isaiah 35:5; Matthew 11:4–5
- 15 Matthew 21:9; Luke 19:39–40; Matthew 22:42; Matthew 21:23; John 4:1
- 16 Psalm 8:2; Matthew 11:25; Luke 19:39–40; Matthew 19:4; Matthew 12:3
- 17 John 11:18; Mark 11:11; John 11:1; Luke 24:50; Matthew 16:4
- 18 Matthew 4:2; Hebrews 4:15; Mark 11:12–14; Mark 11:20–24; Matthew 12:1
- 19 Mark 11:14; John 15:6; Titus 1:16; Luke 13:6–9; Luke 3:9
- 20 Isaiah 40:6–8; Mark 11:20–21; James 1:10–11
- 21 James 1:6; Matthew 17:20; Mark 11:22–23; Luke 17:6–7; Romans 4:19–20
- 22 Matthew 7:7; 1 John 5:14–15; Mark 11:24; 1 John 3:22; John 14:13
- 23 Acts 4:7; Mark 11:27–33; 1 Chronicles 24:1–19; Matthew 26:55; Luke 19:47–20:8
- 24 Luke 6:9; Colossians 4:6; Matthew 10:16; Proverbs 26:4–5
- 25 1 John 3:20; Mark 1:1–11; John 10:25–26; Luke 20:5; John 3:18
- 26 Mark 6:20; Matthew 14:5; Matthew 21:46; John 5:35; Matthew 11:9
- 27 Romans 1:18–22; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–10; John 9:30; 2 Corinthians 4:3; Isaiah 28:9
- 28 Matthew 20:1; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Mark 13:34; 1 Corinthians 10:15; Luke 15:11–32
- 29 Ezekiel 18:28–32; Daniel 4:34–37; Ephesians 2:1–13; Matthew 3:2–8; Isaiah 1:16–19
- 30 Titus 1:16; Ezekiel 33:31; Matthew 23:3; Romans 2:17–25
- 31 Luke 7:29; Luke 7:37–50; Matthew 7:21; 2 Peter 3:9; Matthew 20:16
- 32 Luke 7:37–50; Luke 7:29–30; Matthew 21:25; Zechariah 7:11–12; 2 Peter 2:21
- 33 Isaiah 5:1–4; Mark 12:1–12; Luke 20:9–19; Jeremiah 2:21; John 15:1
- 34 Luke 20:10–19; Isaiah 5:4; Zechariah 1:3–6; Nehemiah 9:29–30; 2 Kings 17:13–23
- 35 2 Chronicles 36:15–16; Hebrews 11:36–37; Matthew 5:12; Nehemiah 9:26; Acts 7:52
- 36 Matthew 22:4
- 37 John 3:16; Zephaniah 3:7; John 3:35–36; Matthew 3:17; Luke 20:13
- 38 Luke 20:14; Genesis 37:18–20; Mark 12:7–8; Hebrews 1:2; Acts 4:27–28
- 39 Acts 2:23; John 18:12; Luke 22:52–54; Acts 3:14–15; James 5:6
- 40 Hebrews 10:29; Mark 12:9; Luke 20:15–16
- 41 Acts 18:6; Matthew 21:43; Isaiah 5:5–7; Acts 28:28; Matthew 22:6–7
- 42 Psalm 118:22–23; Isaiah 28:16; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:4–8; Ephesians 2:20
- 43 Matthew 21:41; Matthew 8:11–12; 1 Peter 2:9; John 3:3; Luke 17:20–21
- 44 Isaiah 8:14–15; 1 Peter 2:8; Daniel 2:34–35; Daniel 2:44–45; Romans 9:33
- 45 Luke 20:19; Luke 11:45; Matthew 12:12
- 46 Matthew 21:11; Matthew 21:26; John 7:40–41; Acts 2:22; Luke 7:16
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… 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 …
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)