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¹ And as they approached Jerusalem, near by Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,² and said to them: Go ye to the village that is over against us, and as soon as ye enter it, ye will find a colt tied, on which no person hath ridden: loose [fn] , and bring him hither. ³ And, if any one say to you, Why do ye this? Say ye to him: Because our Lord hath need of him. And immediately he will send him hither.⁴ And they went, and they found the colt tied, by the door, without in the street. And as they were loosing [fn] , ⁵ some of those standing there, said to them: What do ye, untying the colt?⁶ And they said to them, as Jesus had commanded them; and they permitted them.⁷ And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments upon him, and set Jesus upon him.⁸ And many spread their garments in the way; and others cut branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way.⁹ And those preceding him, and those following him shouted and said: Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.¹⁰ And blessed is the advancing kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest [fn] . ¹¹ And Jesus entered Jerusalem and the temple, and surveyed every thing. And when evening arrived, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

¹² And the following day, as he left Bethany, he was hungry:¹³ and he saw a fig-tree at a distance, on which were leaves, and he came to it, if he could find somewhat on it. And when he had come, he found on it only leaves; for the time of figs had not arrived.¹⁴ And he said to it: Henceforth and for ever, let no man eat fruit from thee: and the disciples heard it. And they came to Jerusalem.¹⁵ And Jesus entered the temple of God: and he began to cast out those who bought and sold in the temple; and he overturned the counters of the money-brokers, and the seats of them that sold doves.¹⁶ And he suffered no one to carry goods through the temple.¹⁷ And he taught them, and said: Is it not written, My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations? But ye have made it a den of robbers.¹⁸ And the chief priests and the Scribes heard [fn] , and they sought how they might destroy him; for they were afraid of him, because all the people admired his doctrine. ²⁰ And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up, as it were, from its root.²¹ And Simon remembered, and said to him: Rabbi; behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst, is dried up.²² And Jesus replied, and said to them: Have faith in God.²³ Verily I say to you, That whoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed, and fall into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said will occur, to him will be the thing he spoke.²⁴ Therefore I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall pray and ask for, believe that it will be, and it will be to you.²⁵ And when ye stand up to pray, forgive what ye have against any one; that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive your offences.²⁶ For if ye forgive not, your Father also who is in heaven will not forgive you your offences.

²⁷ And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and Scribes and Elders came to him,²⁸ and said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee the authority to do these things?²⁹ And Jesus said to them: I also will ask you one thing, that ye may tell me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.³⁰ The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? Tell me.³¹ And they reasoned with themselves, and said: If we should say to him, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?³² But if we should say, From men; there is fear from the people; for they have all held John to be truly a prophet.³³ And they answered, and said to Jesus: We do not know. He said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.