Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 21

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Matthew 21 . 1 , Christ rides into Jerusalem upon an ass; Matthew 21 . 12 , drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple; Matthew 21 . 17 , curses the fig-tree; Matthew 21 . 23 , puts to silence the priests and elders , Matthew 21 . 28. and rebukes them by the similitude of the two sons , Matthew 21 . 33. and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them.

Matthew 21:1

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

Matthew 21:1 · BSB

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Bethphage Bethphage was a village on the declivity of Mount Olivet , and somewhat nearer to Jerusalem than Bethany.

Matthew 21:2

saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

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Matthew 21:3

If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

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Matthew 21:4

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

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Matthew 21:5

“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

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Matthew 21:6

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

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Matthew 21:7

They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

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Matthew 21:8

A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

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Matthew 21:9

The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

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Matthew 21:10

When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

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Matthew 21:11

The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

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Matthew 21:12

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

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Matthew 21:13

And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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Matthew 21:14

The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

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Matthew 21:15

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

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Matthew 21:16

“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

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Matthew 21:17

Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

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Bethany was a village to the east of the mount of Olives , on the road to Jericho; fifteen stadia

  • John 11:18 or nearly two miles , as Jerome states , from Jerusalem. This village is now small and poor , and the cultivation of the soil around it is much neglected; but it is a pleasant , romantic spot , shaded by the mount of Olives , and abounding in vines and long grass. It consists of from thirty to forty dwellings inhabited by about 600; Mohammedans , for whose use there is a neat little mosque standing on an eminence. Here they shew the ruins of a sort of castle as the house of Lazarus , and a grotto as his tomb; and the house of Simon the leper , of Mary Magdalene and of Martha , and the identical tree which our Lord cursed , are among the monkish curiosities of the place
  • Mark 11:11
  • Mark 11:19
  • Luke 10:38
  • John 11:1
  • John 11:18
  • John 12:1-3

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Matthew 21:18

In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

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Matthew 21:19

Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

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fig tree Gr. one fig-tree

Matthew 21:20

When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

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Matthew 21:21

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do 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.

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Matthew 21:22

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

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Matthew 21:23

When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

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Matthew 21:24

“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

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Matthew 21:25

What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

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Matthew 21:26

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

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Matthew 21:27

So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

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Matthew 21:28

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

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Matthew 21:29

‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

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Matthew 21:30

Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

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Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

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Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

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Matthew 21:33

Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

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In this parable , in its primary sense , the householder denotes the Supreme Being; the family , the Jewish nation; the vineyard , Jerusalem; the fence , the Divine protection; the wine-press , the law and sacrificial rites; the tower , the temple; and the husbandmen , the priests and doctors of the law

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Matthew 21:34

When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

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Matthew 21:35

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

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Matthew 21:36

Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

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Matthew 21:37

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

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Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

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Matthew 21:39

So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

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Matthew 21:40

Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

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Matthew 21:41

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

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they say Our Lord here causes them to pass that sentence of destruction upon themselves which was literally executed about forty years afterwards by the Roman armies.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

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Matthew 21:43

Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

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Matthew 21:44

He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

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Matthew 21:45

When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

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Matthew 21:46

Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web25 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Matthew 21:13 → Isaiah 56:7, Matthew 21:13b → Jeremiah 7:11, Matthew 21:16 → Psalms 8:2, Matthew 21:42 → Psalms 118:22-23, Matthew 21:5 → Isaiah 62:11, Matthew 21:5 → Zechariah 9:9, Matthew 21:9 → Psalms 118:25-26
Allusions Matthew 21:33 → Isaiah 5:1-7
Trajectories
Adam (The First and Last Adam), David (The King After God's Own Heart), Davidic Kingdom (Messianic Reign), Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations), Holy Places (Access to God's Presence), Image of God (Priestly Vocation), Josiah (Reformer King Prophesied by Name), Name of God (Revelation of Divine Character), Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles), Rejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory), Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation), Vine and Vineyard (True Israel)
Chiasms
Shaped Matthew 20:17–21:01, Matthew 21:01–11, Matthew 21:23–27, Matthew 21:28–32, Matthew 21:33–44
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