1 Et cum appropinquassent Jerosolymis, et venissent Bethphage ad montem Oliveti: tunc Jesus misit duos discipulos, 2 dicens eis: Ite in castellum, quod contra vos est, et statim invenietis asinam alligatam, et pullum cum ea: solvite, et adducite mihi: 3 et si quis vobis aliquid dixerit, dicite quia Dominus his opus habet: et confestim dimittet eos. 4 Hoc autem totum factum est, ut adimpleretur quod dictum est per prophetam dicentem: 5 [Dicite filiæ Sion: Ecce rex tuus venit tibi mansuetus, sedens super asinam, et pullum filium subjugalis.] 6 Euntes autem discipuli fecerunt sicut præcepit illis Jesus. 7 Et adduxerunt asinam, et pullum: et imposuerunt super eos vestimenta sua, et eum desuper sedere fecerunt. 8 Plurima autem turba straverunt vestimenta sua in via: alii autem cædebant ramos de arboribus, et sternebant in via: 9 turbæ autem, quæ præcedebant, et quæ sequebantur, clamabant, dicentes: Hosanna filio David: benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini: hosanna in altissimis. 10 Et cum intrasset Jerosolymam, commota est universa civitas, dicens: Quis est hic? 11 Populi autem dicebant: Hic est Jesus propheta a Nazareth Galilææ. 12 Et intravit Jesus in templum Dei, et ejiciebat omnes vendentes et ementes in templo, et mensas numulariorum, et cathedras vendentium columbas evertit: 13 et dicit eis: Scriptum est: Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur: vos autem fecistis illam speluncam latronum. 14 Et accesserunt ad eum cæci, et claudi in templo: et sanavit eos. 15 Videntes autem principes sacerdotum et scribæ mirabilia quæ fecit, et pueros clamantes in templo, et dicentes: Hosanna filio David: indignati sunt, 16 et dixerunt ei: Audis quid isti dicunt? Jesus autem dixit eis: Utique. Numquam legistis: Quia ex ore infantium et lactentium perfecisti laudem? 17 Et relictis illis, abiit foras extra civitatem in Bethaniam: ibique mansit. 18 Mane autem revertens in civitatem, esuriit. 19 Et videns fici arborem unam secus viam, venit ad eam: et nihil invenit in ea nisi folia tantum, et ait illi: Numquam ex te fructus nascatur in sempiternum. Et arefacta est continuo ficulnea. 20 Et videntes discipuli, mirati sunt, dicentes: Quomodo continuo aruit? 21 Respondens autem Jesus, ait eis: Amen dico vobis, si habueritis fidem, et non hæsitaveritis, non solum de ficulnea facietis, sed et si monti huic dixeritis: Tolle, et jacta te in mare, fiet. 22 Et omnia quæcumque petieritis in oratione credentes, accipietis. 23 Et cum venisset in templum, accesserunt ad eum docentem principes sacerdotum, et seniores populi, dicentes: In qua potestate hæc facis? et quis tibi dedit hanc potestatem? 24 Respondens Jesus dixit eis: Interrogabo vos et ego unum sermonem: quem si dixeritis mihi, et ego vobis dicam in qua potestate hæc facio. 25 Baptismus Joannis unde erat? e cælo, an ex hominibus? At illi cogitabant inter se, dicentes: 26 Si dixerimus, e cælo, dicet nobis: Quare ergo non credidistis illi? Si autem dixerimus, ex hominibus, timemus turbam: omnes enim habebant Joannem sicut prophetam. 27 Et respondentes Jesu, dixerunt: Nescimus. Ait illis et ipse: Nec ego dico vobis in qua potestate hæc facio. 28 Quid autem vobis videtur? Homo quidam habebat duos filios, et accedens ad primum, dixit: Fili, vade hodie, operare in vinea mea. 29 Ille autem respondens, ait: Nolo. Postea autem, pœnitentia motus, abiit. 30 Accedens autem ad alterum, dixit similiter. At ille respondens, ait: Eo, domine, et non ivit: 31 quis ex duobus fecit voluntatem patris? Dicunt ei: Primus. Dicit illis Jesus: Amen dico vobis, quia publicani et meretrices præcedent vos in regnum Dei. 32 Venit enim ad vos Joannes in via justitiæ, et non credidistis ei: publicani autem et meretrices crediderunt ei: vos autem videntes nec pœnitentiam habuistis postea, ut crederetis ei. 33 Aliam parabolam audite: Homo erat paterfamilias, qui plantavit vineam, et sepem circumdedit ei, et fodit in ea torcular, et ædificavit turrim, et locavit eam agricolis, et peregre profectus est. 34 Cum autem tempus fructuum appropinquasset, misit servos suos ad agricolas, ut acciperent fructus ejus. 35 Et agricolæ, apprehensis servis ejus, alium ceciderunt, alium occiderunt, alium vero lapidaverunt. 36 Iterum misit alios servos plures prioribus, et fecerunt illis similiter. 37 Novissime autem misit ad eos filium suum, dicens: Verebuntur filium meum. 38 Agricolæ autem videntes filium dixerunt intra se: Hic est hæres, venite, occidamus eum, et habebimus hæreditatem ejus. 39 Et apprehensum eum ejecerunt extra vineam, et occiderunt. 40 Cum ergo venerit dominus vineæ, quid faciet agricolis illis? 41 Aiunt illi: Malos male perdet: et vineam suam locabit aliis agricolis, qui reddant ei fructum temporibus suis. 42 Dicit illis Jesus: Numquam legistis in Scripturis: [Lapidem quem reprobaverunt ædificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli: a Domino factum est istud, et est mirabile in oculis nostris?] 43 Ideo dico vobis, quia auferetur a vobis regnum Dei, et dabitur genti facienti fructus ejus. 44 Et qui ceciderit super lapidem istum, confringetur: super quem vero ceciderit, conteret eum. 45 Et cum audissent principes sacerdotum et pharisæi parabolas ejus, cognoverunt quod de ipsis diceret. 46 Et quærentes eum tenere, timuerunt turbas: quoniam sicut prophetam eum habebant.
Matthew 21 Clementine Vulgate
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- 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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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)
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)
… 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 …
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)
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)