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Matthew 21 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Entonces Jesús y sus discípulos fueron a Jerusalén. Cuando se acercaban, llegaron a la aldea de Betfagé sobre el Monte de los Olivos. Entonces Jesús envió a dos discípulos para que se adelantaran,
1 When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 y les dijo: “Vayan a la aldea. Apenas lleguen, encontrarán allí un asno amarrado junto a un pollino Desamárrenlos y tráiganmelos.
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 qué hacen, solo díganle: ‘El Señor los necesita’, y ellos los enviarán de inmediato”.
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 Esto cumplía lo que el profeta dijo:
4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 “Di a la hija de Sión: ‘Mira, tu rey viene hacia ti. Es humilde, y monta un asno y un pollino la cría de un asno’”.
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 discípulos fueron e hicieron lo que Jesús les había dicho.
6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,
7 Trajeron el asno y el pollino. Colocaron sus mantos sobre ellos y Jesús se sentó encima.
7 and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
8 Muchas personas que estaban entre la multitud extendían sus mantos en el camino, mientras que otros cortaban ramas de los árboles y las colocaban en el camino.
8 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 Las multitudes que iban delante de él y las que lo seguían gritaban: “¡Hosanna al hijo de David! ¡Bendito es el que viene en el nombre del Señor! ¡Hosanna en las alturas!”
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 Jesús llegó a Jerusalén, toda la ciudad estaba alborotada. “¿Quién es este?” preguntaban.
10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 “Este es Jesús, el profeta de Nazaret, en Galilea”, respondieron las multitudes.
11 The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Jesús entró al Templo, y sacó de allí a todas las personas que estaban comprando y vendiendo. Volteó las mesas de los cambistas y las sillas de los vendedores de palomas.
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 Entonces les dijo: “La Escritura dice: ‘Mi casa será llamada casa de oración’, pero ustedes la han convertido en una guarida 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 Los ciegos y los paralíticos venían a Jesús al Templo, y él los sanaba.
14 The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
15 Pero cuando el jefe de los sacerdotes y los maestros religiosos vieron los milagros asombrosos que él hacía, y a los niños que gritaban en el Templo, “Hosanna al hijo de David”, se sintieron ofendidos. “¿Escuchas lo que dicen estos niños?” le preguntaron.
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 “Sí”, respondió Jesús. “¿Acaso no han leído que la Escritura dice ‘Preparaste a los niños y a los bebés para ofrecerte alabanza perfecta’”?
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 Y dejándolos allí, se fue entonces a las afueras de la ciudad para quedarse en Betania.
17 He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
18 A la mañana siguiente, mientras caminaba de regreso a la ciudad, Jesús sintió hambre.
18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
19 Entonces vio una higuera junto al camino, y se dirigió hacia ella pero no encontró ningún fruto, sino solamente hojas. Entonces le dijo a la higuera: “¡Ojalá que nunca más puedas producir fruto!” E inmediatamente la higuera se marchitó.
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 Los discípulos se asombraron al ver esto. “¿Cómo pudo marchitarse la higuera así de repente?” preguntaban.
20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
21 “Les digo la verdad”, respondió Jesús, “Si ustedes realmente creen en Dios, y no dudan de él, no solo podrían hacer lo que acaba de suceder con la higuera, sino mucho más. Si ustedes dijeran a esta montaña, ‘levántate y lánzate al mar’, ¡así sucedería!
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 Ustedes recibirán todo lo que pidan en oración, siempre que crean en Dios”.
22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
23 Entonces Jesús entró al Templo. Los jefes de los sacerdotes y los ancianos del pueblo vinieron a él mientras enseñaba y le preguntaron, “¿Con qué autoridad haces estas cosas? ¿Quién te dio esta autoridad?”
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 “Yo también les haré una pregunta”, respondió Jesús. “Si me responden, yo les diré con qué autoridad hago estas cosas.
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 ¿Con qué autoridad bautizaba Juan? ¿Acaso su autoridad venía del cielo, o de los hombres?” Entonces ellos discutían unos con otros: “Si decimos que venía del cielo, entonces 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 Pero si decimos que venía de los hombres, entonces la multitud se podrá en contra de nosotros, porque todos ellos consideran a Juan como un profeta”.
26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
27 Entonces le respondieron a Jesús: “No sabemos”. “Entonces yo no les diré con qué autoridad hago estas cosas”, respondió Jesús.
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 piensan de esta ilustración? Había una vez un hombre que tenía dos hijos. Entonces fue donde el primer hijo y le dijo: ‘Hijo, ve y trabaja en la viña hoy’,
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, ‘No iré’, pero después se arrepintió de lo que dijo y fue.
29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
30 Luego el hombre fue donde el segundo hijo y le dijo lo mismo. Y él le dijo: ‘Iré’, pero no lo hizo.
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 hijos hizo lo que su padre quería?” “El primero”, respondieron ellos. “Les digo la verdad: los recaudadores de impuestos y las prostitutas están entrando al reino de los cielos antes que ustedes”, les dijo Jesús.
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 “Juan vino para mostrarles a ustedes la manera correcta de vivir con Dios, y ustedes no creyeron en él, pero los recaudadores de impuestos y las prostitutas creyeron en él. Después, cuando vieron lo que sucedió, ustedes tampoco se arrepintieron ni creyeron 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 “Esta es otra ilustración: había una vez un hombre, un terrateniente, que plantó una viña. Puso una cerca alrededor de ella, hizo un lagar y construyó una torre de vigilancia. La alquiló a unos granjeros, y luego se fue a otro país.
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 llegó el tiempo de la cosecha, el hombre envió a sus siervos donde los granjeros para recoger el fruto que le pertenecía.
34 When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
35 Pero los granjeros atacaron a sus siervos. Golpearon a uno, mataron a otro y a otro también lo apedrearon.
35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36 Entonces el terrateniente envió más siervos, pero los granjeros hicieron lo mismo con ellos.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
37 Entonces el terrateniente envió a su hijo. ‘A mi hijo lo respetarán’, pensó para sí.
37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 Pero los granjeros, cuando vieron al hijo, se dijeron unos a otros, ‘¡Aquí viene el heredero! ¡Vamos! ¡Matémoslo para quedarnos con su 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 Lo agarraron, lo sacaron de la viña y lo mataron.
39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
40 Entonces, cuando el dueño de la viña regrese, ¿qué hará con esos granjeros?”
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 Entonces los jefes de los sacerdotes le dijeron a Jesús: “Mandará a matar a esos hombres malvados de la manera más atroz, y alquilará la viña a otros granjeros que de seguro sí le darán su fruto en tiempo de la cosecha”.
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 “¿Acaso no han leído las Escrituras?” les preguntó Jesús. “‘La piedra que rechazaron los constructores se ha convertido en la piedra angular. El Señor ha hecho esto, y es maravilloso ante nuestros ojos’.
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 Por eso les digo que a ustedes se les quitará el reino de Dios. Será entregado a un pueblo que producirá el fruto apropiado.
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 Cualquiera que tropiece con esta piedra, será destruido, pero esta aplastará por completo a quien le caiga encima”.
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 Cuando los jefes de los sacerdotes y los fariseos escucharon sus ilustraciones, se dieron cuenta de que Jesús estaba hablando de ellos.
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
46 Querían arrestarlo, pero tenían miedo de lo que el pueblo pudiera hacer porque la gente creía que él era un 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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