And whatever you ask in prayer, [if you] believe, you will receive."

And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

And Jesus entered the temple [courts] and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling doves.

"Listen to another parable: There was a man--a master of a house--who planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around] it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.

"Now what do you think? A man had two sons. [He] approached the first [and] said, 'Son, go work in the vineyard today.'

From where was the baptism of John--from heaven or from men?" And they began to discuss [this] among themselves, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "I also will ask you one question. If you tell [the answer] to me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these [things].

And the tenant farmers seized his slaves, [one of] whom they beat, and [one of] whom they killed, and [one of] whom they stoned.

They said to him, "He will destroy those evil [men] completely and lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruits in their season."

Which of the two did the will of [his] father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

And [he] approached the second [and] said the same [thing]. So he answered [and] said, 'I [will], sir,' and he did not go.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did believe him. And [when] you saw [it], you did not even change your minds later [so as] to believe in him.

Now when the master of the vineyard arrives, what will he do to those tenant farmers?"

But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, because they all look upon John as a prophet."

And when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit.

And they seized him [and] threw [him] out of the vineyard and killed [him].

But [when] the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance!'

And they answered [and] said to Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these [things].

So finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

And [after] he arrived at the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him [while he] was teaching, saying, "By what authority are you doing these [things]? And who gave you this authority?"

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

And he answered [and] said, 'I do not want to!' But later [he] changed his mind [and] went.

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will do not only [what was done to] the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea," it will happen!

For this [reason], I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and will be given to a people who produce its fruits.

And seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And he said to it, "May there be no more fruit from you {forever}, and the fig tree withered at once.

Now early in the morning, [as he] was returning to the city, he was hungry.

"Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a pack animal.'"

And the crowds who went ahead of him and the ones who followed were shouting, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest [heaven]!"

And they said to him, "Do you hear what these [children] are saying?" So Jesus said to them, "Yes, have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of children and nursing babies you have prepared for yourself praise'?"

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

saying to them, "Go into the village before you, and right away you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her. Untie [them] [and] bring [them] to me.

And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee!"

And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and [the one] on whom it falls--it will crush him!"

But [when] the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful [things] that he did, and the children shouting in the temple [courts] and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant.

And leaving them, he went outside of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

And [when] he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

And the blind and the lame came up to him in the temple [courts] and he healed them.

And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading [them] on the road.

And [when] the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them,

[and] brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.

And [when they] saw [it], the disciples were astonished, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"

So the disciples went and did just as Jesus directed them,

Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first [ones], and they did the same [thing] to them.

and [although they] wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they looked upon him as a prophet.

And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, 'The Lord {needs them},' and he will send them at once."