1 Q uando se aproximaram de Jerusalém, e chegaram a Betfagé, ao Monte das Oliveiras, enviou Jesus dois discípulos, dizendo-lhes:

When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

2 I de ã aldeia que está defronte de vós, e logo encontrareis uma jumenta presa, e um jumentinho com ela; desprendei-a, e trazei- mos.

saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.

3 E , se alguém vos disser alguma coisa, respondei: O Senhor precisa deles; e logo os enviará.

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

4 O ra, isso aconteceu para que se cumprisse o que foi dito pelo profeta:

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5 D izei ã filha de Sião: Eis que aí te vem o teu Rei, manso e montado em um jumento, em um jumentinho, cria de animal de carga.

“ Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘ Behold your King is coming to you, Gentle, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

6 I ndo, pois, os discípulos e fazendo como Jesus lhes ordenara,

The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

7 t rouxeram a jumenta e o jumentinho, e sobre eles puseram os seus mantos, e Jesus montou.

and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.

8 E a maior parte da multidão estendeu os seus mantos pelo caminho; e outros cortavam ramos de árvores, e os espalhavam pelo caminho.

Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.

9 E as multidões, tanto as que o precediam como as que o seguiam, clamavam, dizendo: Hosana ao Filho de Davi! bendito o que vem em nome do Senhor! Hosana nas alturas!

The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”

10 A o entrar ele em Jerusalém, agitou-se a cidade toda e perguntava: Quem é este?

When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”

11 E as multidões respondiam: Este é o profeta Jesus, de Nazaré da Galiléia.

And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.” Cleansing the Temple

12 E ntão Jesus entrou no templo, expulsou todos os que ali vendiam e compravam, e derribou as mesas dos cambistas e as cadeiras dos que vendiam pombas;

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

13 e disse-lhes: Está escrito: A minha casa será chamada casa de oração; vós, porém, a fazeis covil de salteadores.

And He said to them, “It is written, ‘ My house shall be called a house of prayer ’; but you are making it a robbers ’ den.”

14 E chegaram-se a ele no templo cegos e coxos, e ele os curou.

And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

15 V endo, porém, os principais sacerdotes e os escribas as maravilhas que ele fizera, e os meninos que clamavam no templo: Hosana ao Filho de Davi, indignaram-se,

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

16 e perguntaram-lhe: Ouves o que estes estão dizendo? Respondeu-lhes Jesus: Sim; nunca lestes: Da boca de pequeninos e de criancinhas de peito tiraste perfeito louvor?

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘ Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself ’?”

17 E deixando-os, saiu da cidade para Betânia, e ali passou a noite.

And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there. The Barren Fig Tree

18 O ra, de manhã, ao voltar ã cidade, teve fome;

Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.

19 e , avistando uma figueira ã beira do caminho, dela se aproximou, e não achou nela senão folhas somente; e disse-lhe: Nunca mais nasça fruto de ti. E a figueira secou imediatamente.

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.

20 Q uando os discípulos viram isso, perguntaram admirados: Como é que imediatamente secou a figueira?

Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”

21 J esus, porém, respondeu-lhes: Em verdade vos digo que, se tiverdes fé e não duvidardes, não só fareis o que foi feito ã figueira, mas até, se a este monte disserdes: Ergue-te e lança-te no mar, isso será feito;

And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.

22 e tudo o que pedirdes na oração, crendo, recebereis.

And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” Authority Challenged

23 T endo Jesus entrado no templo, e estando a ensinar, aproximaram-se dele os principais sacerdotes e os anciãos do povo, e perguntaram: Com que autoridade fazes tu estas coisas? e quem te deu tal autoridade?

When He 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 doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

24 R espondeu-lhes Jesus: Eu também vos perguntarei uma coisa; se ma disserdes, eu de igual modo vos direi com que autoridade faço estas coisas.

Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

25 O batismo de João, donde era? do céu ou dos homens? Ao que eles arrazoavam entre si: Se dissermos: Do céu, ele nos dirá: Então por que não o crestes?

The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?” And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

26 M as, se dissermos: Dos homens, tememos o povo; porque todos consideram João como profeta.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.”

27 R esponderam, pois, a Jesus: Não sabemos. Disse-lhe ele: Nem eu vos digo com que autoridade faço estas coisas.

And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Parable of Two Sons

28 M as que vos parece? Um homem tinha dois filhos, e, chegando- se ao primeiro, disse: Filho, vai trabalhar hoje na vinha.

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

29 E le respondeu: Sim, senhor; mas não foi.

And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went.

30 C hegando-se, então, ao segundo, falou-lhe de igual modo; respondeu-lhe este: Não quero; mas depois, arrependendo-se, foi.

The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go.

31 Q ual dos dois fez a vontade do pai? Disseram eles: O segundo. Disse-lhes Jesus: Em verdade vos digo que os publicanos e as meretrizes entram adiante de vós no reino de Deus.

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

32 P ois João veio a vós no caminho da justiça, e não lhe deste crédito, mas os publicanos e as meretrizes lho deram; vós, porém, vendo isto, nem depois vos arrependestes para crerdes nele.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him. Parable of the Landowner

33 O uvi ainda outra parábola: Havia um homem, proprietário, que plantou uma vinha, cercou-a com uma sebe, cavou nela um lagar, e edificou uma torre; depois arrendou-a a uns lavradores e ausentou-se do país.

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

34 E quando chegou o tempo dos frutos, enviou os seus servos aos lavradores, para receber os seus frutos.

When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.

35 E os lavradores, apoderando-se dos servos, espancaram um, mataram outro, e a outro apedrejaram.

The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

36 D epois enviou ainda outros servos, em maior número do que os primeiros; e fizeram-lhes o mesmo.

Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.

37 P or último enviou-lhes seu filho, dizendo: A meu filho terão respeito.

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

38 M as os lavradores, vendo o filho, disseram entre si: Este é o herdeiro; vinde, matemo-lo, e apoderemo-nos da sua herança.

But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

39 E , agarrando-o, lançaram-no fora da vinha e o mataram.

They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40 Q uando, pois, vier o senhor da vinha, que fará

Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”

41 R esponderam-lhe eles: Fará perecer miseravelmente a esses maus, e arrendará a vinha a outros lavradores, que a seu tempo lhe entreguem os frutos.

They said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”

42 D isse-lhes Jesus: Nunca lestes nas Escrituras: A pedra que os edificadores rejeitaram, essa foi posta como pedra angular; pelo Senhor foi feito isso, e é maravilhoso aos nossos olhos?

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘ The stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes ’?

43 P ortanto eu vos digo que vos será tirado o reino de Deus, e será dado a um povo que dê os seus frutos.

Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.

44 E quem cair sobre esta pedra será despedaçado; mas aquele sobre quem ela cair será reduzido a pó.

And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

45 O s principais sacerdotes e os fariseus, ouvindo essas parábolas, entenderam que era deles que Jesus falava.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

46 E procuravam prendê-lo, mas temeram o povo, porquanto este o tinha por profeta.

When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.