The Triumphal Entry
(Zechariah 9:9–13; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–40; John 12:12–19)
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples, Mrk 11:1-10Zec 14:4Act 1:12Jhn 8:1Luk 19:28-38Luk 21:37Mat 24:3Mat 26:30 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. Luk 19:30-32Mrk 11:2-3Jhn 2:5-8Mrk 14:13-16Mat 26:18 If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.” 2Co 8:1-2Act 17:252Co 8:9Jhn 3:35Psa 50:10-11Ezr 1:5Ezr 7:27Hag 2:8-9
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: Zec 9:9Jhn 12:15Mat 1:22Mat 26:56Jhn 19:36-37
“Say to the Daughter of Zion, Zec 9:9-10Isa 62:11Isa 12:6Isa 9:6-7Gen 49:10Hos 1:7Zep 3:14-15Isa 40:9
‘See, your King comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’” 1
So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 1Sa 15:11Exo 39:43Exo 40:16Gen 12:4Gen 6:22Jhn 15:14 They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them. 2Ki 9:13Mrk 11:4-8Luk 19:32-35
A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 2Ki 9:13Jhn 12:13Lev 23:40
The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: Psa 118:24-26Jhn 12:13-15Luk 2:14Mat 23:39Luk 19:37-38Mat 9:27Mat 21:15Mrk 11:9-10
“Hosanna to the Son of David!” 2
“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” 3
“Hosanna in the highest!” 4
When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” Act 9:51Sa 16:4Isa 63:1Jhn 12:16-19Luk 5:21Luk 7:49Luk 9:9Rut 1:19
The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” Jhn 6:14Jhn 7:40Luk 7:16Act 7:37Deu 18:15-19Jhn 9:17Mat 2:23Act 3:22-23
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
(Mark 11:15–19; Luke 19:45–48; John 2:12–25)
Then Jesus entered the temple courts 5and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. Jhn 2:14-17Luk 19:45-47Mrk 11:15-18Lev 1:14Lev 5:7Luk 2:24Deu 14:24-26Exo 30:13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ 6 But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’ 7” Jer 7:11Isa 56:7Luk 19:46Mrk 11:17Psa 93:5Jhn 15:25Mat 2:5
The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them. Act 10:38Act 3:1-9Isa 35:5Mat 11:4-5Mat 4:23Mat 9:35 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!” Mat 21:9Luk 19:39-40Isa 26:11Jhn 11:57Jhn 12:19Jhn 4:1Jhn 7:42Luk 20:1
“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked. Psa 8:2Mat 11:25Luk 19:39-40Mat 12:3Mat 19:4Mrk 2:25Act 4:16-18Jhn 11:47-48
“Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read:
‘From the mouths of children and infants
You have ordained praise’ 8?”
Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night. Jhn 11:18Jhn 11:1Luk 24:50Mrk 11:11Mat 16:4Mrk 11:19Jhn 12:1-3Luk 10:38
The Barren Fig Tree
(Mark 11:12–14; Mark 11:20–25)
In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry. Mat 4:2Heb 4:15Mat 12:1Mrk 11:12-14Mrk 11:20-24Luk 4:2 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. Jhn 15:6Mrk 11:14Tit 1:16Luk 13:6-9Luk 3:9Jhn 15:22Ti 3:5Isa 5:4-5
When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” Isa 40:6-8Mrk 11:20-21Jas 1:10-11
“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. Jas 1:6Mat 17:20Mrk 11:22-23Luk 17:6-7Rom 4:19-201Co 13:2Mat 8:12 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Mat 7:71Jn 5:14-15Mrk 11:241Jn 3:22Jhn 14:13Luk 11:8-10Mat 18:19Jas 5:16
Jesus’ Authority Challenged
(Mark 11:27–33; Luke 20:1–8)
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?” Act 4:7Mrk 11:27-331Ch 24:1-19Exo 2:14Luk 19:47Mat 26:55Act 7:27
“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. Luk 6:9Col 4:6Mat 10:16Pro 26:4-5 What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” 1Jn 3:20Mrk 1:1-11Jhn 1:15Jhn 10:25-26Jhn 3:18Luk 20:5Mat 3:1-12Jhn 1:25-34
They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.” Mrk 6:20Jhn 5:35Mat 11:9Mat 14:5Mat 21:46Act 5:26Isa 57:11Jhn 10:41-42 So they answered, “We do not know.” Rom 1:18-222Th 2:9-102Co 4:3Isa 28:9Isa 29:10-12Isa 42:19-20Isa 56:10-11Isa 6:10
And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
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.’ 1Co 15:58Mat 20:11Co 10:15Luk 15:11-32Mrk 13:34Luk 13:4Mat 17:25Mat 21:33
‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went. 9 Ezk 18:28-321Co 6:112Ch 33:10-19Act 26:20Dan 4:34-37Eph 2:1-13Eph 4:17-19Isa 1:16-19
Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. Tit 1:16Ezk 33:31Mat 23:3Rom 2:17-25
‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” Luk 7:29Luk 7:37-50Mat 7:211Ti 1:13-162Pe 3:9Mat 20:16Rom 3:19Rom 5:20
“The first, 10” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. 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. Luk 7:37-50Luk 7:29-30Mat 21:25Zec 7:11-122Pe 2:21Act 13:25-292Ti 2:25Heb 3:12
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
(Mark 12:1–12; Luke 20:9–18)
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. Isa 5:1-4Mrk 12:1-12Luk 20:9-19Jer 2:21Jhn 15:1Sng 8:11-12Hos 4:1Mal 2:4-9
When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. Luk 20:10-19Isa 5:4Zec 1:3-62Ch 36:15-162Ki 17:13-23Jer 25:3-7Mat 22:3Mrk 12:2-5 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 2Ch 36:15-16Heb 11:36-37Mat 5:12Neh 9:26Act 7:52Luk 13:33-34Mat 23:31-37Rev 6:9
Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them. Mat 22:4
Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. Jhn 3:16Jhn 3:35-36Zep 3:7Heb 1:1-2Isa 5:4Jhn 1:34Luk 20:13Mat 3:17
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.’ Gen 37:18-20Luk 20:14Heb 1:2Mrk 12:7-8Act 4:27-28Jhn 11:47-53Mat 26:3-4Act 5:24-28 So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Act 2:23Act 3:14-15Act 4:25-27Act 7:52Jas 5:6Jhn 18:12Luk 22:52-54Mat 26:57
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?” Heb 10:29Mrk 12:9Luk 20:15-16
“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.” Act 18:6Mat 21:43Act 28:28Isa 5:5-7Mat 22:6-71Th 2:16Act 13:46-48Act 15:7
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: Psa 118:22-23Isa 28:16Act 4:111Pe 2:4-8Eph 2:20Rom 9:33Luk 20:17-18Mrk 12:10-11
‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is from the Lord,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’ 11?
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. Mat 21:41Mat 8:11-121Pe 2:9Jhn 3:3Isa 26:2Luk 17:20-21Jhn 3:5Exo 19:6 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed. 12” Isa 8:14-151Pe 2:8Dan 2:34-35Dan 2:44-45Rom 9:33Luk 20:18Mat 27:252Co 4:3-4
When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them. Luk 20:19Luk 11:45Mat 12:12 Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet. Mat 21:11Mat 21:262Sa 12:7-13Act 2:22Isa 29:1Jhn 7:40-41Jhn 7:7Luk 7:16