down before him, asked him to grant her a 21 favor. And he said to her, What do you de

sire? She answered, Grant that these my two sons may sit, one on your right hand, and the 22 other on your left, in your kingdom. But Jesus replied, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I am to drink? 23 They said to him, We can. Then he said to them, You will indeed drink of the same cup with me; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to grant, but it will be given to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.

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And when the ten heard of this, they were 25 angry with the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him, and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men have them under their author26 ity. It shall not be thus with you. But let him who would be great among you minister 27 to you, and let him who would be chief among 28 you be your servant; even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life to ransom many.

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AND as they were leaving Jericho, a great

Verses 29-34. Compare Mark x. 46-52; Luke xviii. 35-43.

multitude accompanied him. And lo! two blind men who were sitting by the way-side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have pity on us, Master, Son of David! And the multitude endeavored to a silence them; but they cried out the more, saying, Have pity on us, Master, Son of David! And Jesus stopped, and called them to him, 3 and said, What do you wish me to do for you? They said to him, Master, to open our eyes. 33 Then Jesus, having compassion on them, touched their eyes; and immediately their sight was restored, and they went on with him.

AND when they were near Jerusalem, having 21 come to Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, Go to 2 the village opposite to you, and you will immediately find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Loose her, and bring them to me. And should a any one say aught to you, tell him that the Master has need of them, and he will send them directly. Now this was to fulfil the words of 4 the prophet, Say to Zion, lo! thy king is coming 5 to thee, mild, and riding on an ass, and a colt,

Ch. xxi. 1-11, 14-17. Compare Mark xi. 1-11; Luke xix. 28-44; John xii. 12-19.

6 the foal of an ass.* And the disciples went, 7 and did as Jesus bade them; and brought the

ass and the colt, and put on them their cloaks, 8 and he sat on them. And very many of the multitude spread their cloaks in the road; others cut young branches from the trees, and 9 strewed them in the road; and the multitudes that went before and that followed were shouting, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the name of the LORD!t 10 Hosanna, thou in the highest heavens! And upon his entry into Jerusalem, the whole city 11 was in commotion, asking, Who is he? And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth in Galilee.

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And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold 13 doves, and said to them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer ; but you have made it a den of robbers. §

Verses 12, 13. Compare Mark xi. 15-18; Luke xix. 45-48.

* Zechariah ix. 9. See also Isaiah Ixii. 11.

† See Psalm cxviii. 25, 26.

§ See Jeremiah vii. 11.

Isaiah lvi. 7.

And those who were blind and lame came to 14 him in the temple, and he made them well.

But when the chief priests and the teachers 15 of the Law saw the wonders which he did, and heard the children shouting in the temple, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were angry and troubled, and said to him, Do you hear 16 what these children are saying? And Jesus answered them, Yes; have you never read, Thou hast caused the mouths of babes and nurslings to utter praise?*

And leaving the multitude, he went out of 17 the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

And in the morning, as he was returning to 18 the city, he was hungry. And seeing a fig-tree 19 by the side of the road, he went to it, but found nothing upon it except leaves. Then he said to it, Let no fruit grow on thee hereafter. And the fig-tree immediately withered. And his disci- 20 ples, seeing it, were astonished, and said, How suddenly the fig-tree withered! Then Jesus said 21 Let your faith be

to them, I tell you in truth,

without distrust, and you shall not only do what

Verses 17-22. Compare Mark xi. 11-14, 19–26.

* Psalm viii. 2.

has been done to the fig-tree, but should you say to this mountain, Be thou taken up and 22 cast into the sea, it shall be done. And whatever you may ask in prayer, if you have faith, you shall receive.

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And when he had entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority are you acting thus? And who 24 gave you this authority? And Jesus replied to them, I also will ask you one question, which if you answer me, I will tell you by what 25 authority I act thus. Whence had John authority to baptize? From Heaven, or from men? And they reasoned thus with themselves:- If we say, From Heaven, he will say, Why then 26 did you not have faith in him? but if we say, From men, there is fear of the multitude; for they all regard John as a prophet. So they answered Jesus, We do not know. And he said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I act thus.

28 But what think you? A man had two sons;

and he came to the first, and said, Son, go, work

Verses 23-46. Compare Mark xi. 27-xii. 12; Luke xx.