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Matthew 21

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Bible Compare Matthew 21
Verse 1
WEB

When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

KJV

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

Verse 2
WEB

saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

KJV

Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them , and bring them unto me.

Verse 3
WEB

If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

KJV

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

Verse 4
WEB

All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

KJV

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

Verse 5
WEB

“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

KJV

Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

Verse 6
WEB

The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,

KJV

And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

Verse 7
WEB

and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.

KJV

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

Verse 8
WEB

A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

KJV

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

Verse 9
WEB

The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

KJV

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

Verse 10
WEB

When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”

KJV

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

Verse 11
WEB

The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

KJV

And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

Verse 12
WEB

Jesus entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.

KJV

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

Verse 13
WEB

He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”

KJV

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.

Verse 14
WEB

The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

KJV

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

Verse 15
WEB

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,

KJV

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

Verse 16
WEB

and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and nursing babies, you have perfected praise?’”

KJV

And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Verse 17
WEB

He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.

KJV

And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

Verse 18
WEB

Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.

KJV

Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

Verse 19
WEB

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.

KJV

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.

Verse 20
WEB

When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”

KJV

And when the disciples saw it , they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

Verse 21
WEB

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.

KJV

Jesus answered and said unto them, 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.

Verse 22
WEB

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

KJV

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Verse 23
WEB

When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

KJV

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

Verse 24
WEB

Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

KJV

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.

Verse 25
WEB

The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

KJV

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?

Verse 26
WEB

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

KJV

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

Verse 27
WEB

They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

KJV

And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Verse 28
WEB

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

KJV

But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

Verse 29
WEB

He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

KJV

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

Verse 30
WEB

He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.

KJV

And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go , sir: and went not.

Verse 31
WEB

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

KJV

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.

Verse 32
WEB

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

KJV

For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it , repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Verse 33
WEB

“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

KJV

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Verse 34
WEB

When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.

KJV

And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

Verse 35
WEB

The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

KJV

And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

Verse 36
WEB

Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.

KJV

Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

Verse 37
WEB

But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

KJV

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

Verse 38
WEB

But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’

KJV

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.

Verse 39
WEB

So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.

KJV

And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him .

Verse 40
WEB

When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”

KJV

When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

Verse 41
WEB

They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season.”

KJV

They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Verse 42
WEB

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?

KJV

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Verse 43
WEB

“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.

KJV

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

Verse 44
WEB

He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”

KJV

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

Verse 45
WEB

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

KJV

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

Verse 46
WEB

When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

KJV

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.