Matthew 21 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Et cum appropinquassent Jerosolymis, et venissent Bethphage ad montem Oliveti: tunc Jesus misit duos discipulos,
1 When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 dicens eis: Ite in castellum, quod contra vos est, et statim invenietis asinam alligatam, et pullum cum ea: solvite, et adducite mihi:
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 et si quis vobis aliquid dixerit, dicite quia Dominus his opus habet: et confestim dimittet eos.
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 Hoc autem totum factum est, ut adimpleretur quod dictum est per prophetam dicentem:
4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 [Dicite filiæ Sion: Ecce rex tuus venit tibi mansuetus, sedens super asinam, et pullum filium subjugalis.]
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 Euntes autem discipuli fecerunt sicut præcepit illis Jesus.
6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,
7 Et adduxerunt asinam, et pullum: et imposuerunt super eos vestimenta sua, et eum desuper sedere fecerunt.
7 and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
8 Plurima autem turba straverunt vestimenta sua in via: alii autem cædebant ramos de arboribus, et sternebant in via:
8 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 turbæ autem, quæ præcedebant, et quæ sequebantur, clamabant, dicentes: Hosanna filio David: benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini: hosanna in altissimis.
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 Et cum intrasset Jerosolymam, commota est universa civitas, dicens: Quis est hic?
10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 Populi autem dicebant: Hic est Jesus propheta a Nazareth Galilææ.
11 The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Et intravit Jesus in templum Dei, et ejiciebat omnes vendentes et ementes in templo, et mensas numulariorum, et cathedras vendentium columbas evertit:
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 et dicit eis: Scriptum est: Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur: vos autem fecistis illam speluncam latronum.
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 Et accesserunt ad eum cæci, et claudi in templo: et sanavit eos.
14 The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
15 Videntes autem principes sacerdotum et scribæ mirabilia quæ fecit, et pueros clamantes in templo, et dicentes: Hosanna filio David: indignati sunt,
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 et dixerunt ei: Audis quid isti dicunt? Jesus autem dixit eis: Utique. Numquam legistis: Quia ex ore infantium et lactentium perfecisti laudem?
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 Et relictis illis, abiit foras extra civitatem in Bethaniam: ibique mansit.
17 He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
18 Mane autem revertens in civitatem, esuriit.
18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
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.
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 Et videntes discipuli, mirati sunt, dicentes: Quomodo continuo aruit?
20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
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.
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 Et omnia quæcumque petieritis in oratione credentes, accipietis.
22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
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?
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 Respondens Jesus dixit eis: Interrogabo vos et ego unum sermonem: quem si dixeritis mihi, et ego vobis dicam in qua potestate hæc facio.
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 Baptismus Joannis unde erat? e cælo, an ex hominibus? At illi cogitabant inter se, dicentes:
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 Si dixerimus, e cælo, dicet nobis: Quare ergo non credidistis illi? Si autem dixerimus, ex hominibus, timemus turbam: omnes enim habebant Joannem sicut prophetam.
26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
27 Et respondentes Jesu, dixerunt: Nescimus. Ait illis et ipse: Nec ego dico vobis in qua potestate hæc facio.
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 Quid autem vobis videtur? Homo quidam habebat duos filios, et accedens ad primum, dixit: Fili, vade hodie, operare in vinea mea.
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 Ille autem respondens, ait: Nolo. Postea autem, pœnitentia motus, abiit.
29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
30 Accedens autem ad alterum, dixit similiter. At ille respondens, ait: Eo, domine, et non ivit:
30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 Cum autem tempus fructuum appropinquasset, misit servos suos ad agricolas, ut acciperent fructus ejus.
34 When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
35 Et agricolæ, apprehensis servis ejus, alium ceciderunt, alium occiderunt, alium vero lapidaverunt.
35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36 Iterum misit alios servos plures prioribus, et fecerunt illis similiter.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
37 Novissime autem misit ad eos filium suum, dicens: Verebuntur filium meum.
37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 Agricolæ autem videntes filium dixerunt intra se: Hic est hæres, venite, occidamus eum, et habebimus hæreditatem ejus.
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 Et apprehensum eum ejecerunt extra vineam, et occiderunt.
39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
40 Cum ergo venerit dominus vineæ, quid faciet agricolis illis?
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 Aiunt illi: Malos male perdet: et vineam suam locabit aliis agricolis, qui reddant ei fructum temporibus suis.
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 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?]
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 Ideo dico vobis, quia auferetur a vobis regnum Dei, et dabitur genti facienti fructus ejus.
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 Et qui ceciderit super lapidem istum, confringetur: super quem vero ceciderit, conteret eum.
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 Et cum audissent principes sacerdotum et pharisæi parabolas ejus, cognoverunt quod de ipsis diceret.
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
46 Et quærentes eum tenere, timuerunt turbas: quoniam sicut prophetam eum habebant.
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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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.
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… 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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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)