Matthew 21

Matthew 21:7

And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

And they brought both the ass and her colt, and put their clothes upon them, and they set him upon the ass’s colt thus clad, which had never been used to the yoke or carriage; and he rode thereon, in great humility and homely state, from Bethphage to Jerusalem.

Matthew 21:9

Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

O Lord, do thou save, and maintain, and prosper the kingdom of this true Son of David: blessed is this true and only Messiah, which cometh unto us, in the power and authority of the God of Heaven. O God, do thou, in the highest heaven, bless and save him, and give happy success to his rule over us.

Matthew 21:10

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

And when he was come into Jerusalem with this joyful acclamation of the people, all the city was full of noise and stirring; and, as he passed the street with this attendance, the multitude, seeing the train, asked, Who is this, that is followed with such confluence of people, and such loud gratulations?

Matthew 21:18

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

And said unto them, It is written by the prophet Isaiah, My house is consecrated to holy devotion, to the use of prayer, and all other the sacred services of God; but now, well may the complaint of Jeremy be taken up: ye have made it a den of thieves, in misemploying it to your fraudulent bargains and griping transactions.

Matthew 21:19

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came purposely to seek that fruit, which he knew he should not find ripe and seasonable; that he might hence take occasion to work that exemplary miracle upon it, which ensued: for, when he found only store of leaves upon it, and no fruit, that he might in this tree shew how much he hates and will punish a formal profession, such as the Jews made, of religion, without an answerable fruitfulness, he cursed the fig tree, and said; Let that, which is thy fault, be thy punishment: thou bearest no fruit at all; whereas the nature of thy kind is ever to have one fruit under another, always some, though not ever in a full maturity: since therefore thou bearest no fruit at all, never mayest thou more bear any fruit: and, presently, the fig tree, as blasted with that word of judgment, withered.

Matthew 21:21

Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

Verily I say unto you, That, which ye have seen me to do, by my Divine Power, the same shall ye do by the power of your miraculous faith: if ye can stedfastly believe, without wavering and doubts, ye shall not only be able, by your command, to remove the sap from a tree; but ye shall be able to remove the greatest mountain, by your word, out of the place wherein it is, and to cast it into the sea. XXI. 24, 25. And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? The question you ask me can proceed out of nothing but a wilful cavillation: ye well see such divine power shining forth in my miracles, as may well convince you of the certainty of my mission and authority from God himself. But, since ye will needs move this doubt; I shall give you a full resolution, out of your own answer: if ye shall but tell me whence John, my forerunner, had his warrant and authority, both for his preaching and baptism; herein may ye give yourselves full satisfaction: for, if he were a holy Prophet, as ye all account of him, and served only to make way for me as his Lord and Saviour, and pointed to me as that Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world; how can ye make any scruple of receiving me, as sent from God, for the work of man’s redemption?

Matthew 21:31

Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Ye Priests and Elders of the people, and ye Scribes and Pharisees, are as the undertaking son, that promised well, but did nothing: Publicans and Sinners are as the refusing son, which denied to work, and yet performed it in their conversion: therefore even Publicans and Sinners shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, however now by you despised, when ye shall be excluded.

Matthew 21:37

But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

And, after that he had seen all the indignities that they had offered unto his servants the prophets, he resolved to send his Only Son Jesus unto them, whose divine miracles he well knew might justly convince them of their duty to him.

Matthew 21:38

But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

But when these wicked Jews saw that the Son of God was come personally amongst them, they said, Come, let us kill him, and then there shall be none to challenge the inheritance and command of us: we may then live lawlessly, without any controul.

Matthew 21:44

And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Christ is as a Rock, every way; as in regard of the use of that spiritual building, so in respect of the danger of opposing him: whosoever will be dashing upon him, shall but split and break himself in pieces; and if he fall, in just revenge, upon any that makes head against him, he shall crush and grind him to powder.