1 A nd when they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead,

Quando se aproximaram de Jerusalém e chegaram a Betfagé, ao monte das Oliveiras, Jesus enviou dois discípulos,

2 S aying to them, Go into the village that is opposite you, and at once you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie and bring to Me.

dizendo-lhes: “Vão ao povoado que está adiante de vocês; logo encontrarão uma jumenta amarrada, com um jumentinho ao lado. Desamarrem-nos e tragam-nos para mim.

3 I f anyone says anything to you, you shall reply, The Lord needs them, and he will let them go without delay.

Se alguém lhes perguntar algo, digam-lhe que o Senhor precisa deles e logo os enviará de volta”.

4 T his happened that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

Isso aconteceu para que se cumprisse o que fora dito pelo profeta:

5 S ay to the Daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, lowly and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

“Digam à cidade de Sião: ‘Eis que o seu rei vem a você, humilde e montado num jumento, num jumentinho, cria de jumenta’ ”.

6 T hen the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

Os discípulos foram e fizeram o que Jesus tinha ordenado.

7 T hey brought the donkey and the colt and laid their coats upon them, and He seated Himself on them.

Trouxeram a jumenta e o jumentinho, colocaram sobre eles os seus mantos, e sobre estes Jesus montou.

8 A nd most of the crowd kept spreading their garments on the road, and others kept cutting branches from the trees and scattering them on the road.

Uma grande multidão estendeu seus mantos pelo caminho, outros cortavam ramos de árvores e os espalhavam pelo caminho.

9 A nd the crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed Him kept shouting, Hosanna ( O be propitious, graciously inclined) to the Son of David, '> the Messiah]! Blessed (praised, glorified) is He Who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna (O be favorably disposed) in the highest!

A multidão que ia adiante dele e os que o seguiam gritavam: “Hosana ao Filho de Davi!” “Bendito é o que vem em nome do Senhor!” “Hosana nas alturas!”

10 A nd when He entered Jerusalem, all the city became agitated and said, Who is This?

Quando Jesus entrou em Jerusalém, toda a cidade ficou agitada e perguntava: “Quem é este?”

11 A nd the crowds replied, This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.

A multidão respondia: “Este é Jesus, o profeta de Nazaré da Galiléia”. Jesus Purifica o Templo

12 A nd Jesus went into the temple ( whole temple enclosure) and drove out all who bought and sold in the sacred place, and He turned over the four-footed tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who sold doves.

Jesus entrou no templo e expulsou todos os que ali estavam comprando e vendendo. Derrubou as mesas dos cambistas e as cadeiras dos que vendiam pombas,

13 H e said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.

e lhes disse: “Está escrito: ‘A minha casa será chamada casa de oração’; mas vocês estão fazendo dela um ‘covil de ladrões’ ”.

14 A nd the blind and the lame came to Him in the porches and courts of the temple, and He cured them.

Os cegos e os mancos aproximaram-se dele no templo, e ele os curou.

15 B ut when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He did and the boys and the girls and the youths and the maidens crying out in the porches and courts of the temple, Hosanna (O be propitious, graciously inclined) to the Son of David! they were indignant.

Mas quando os chefes dos sacerdotes e os mestres da lei viram as coisas maravilhosas que Jesus fazia e as crianças gritando no templo: “Hosana ao Filho de Davi”, ficaram indignados,

16 A nd they said to Him, Do You hear what these are saying? And Jesus replied to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have made (provided) perfect praise?

e lhe perguntaram: “Não estás ouvindo o que estas crianças estão dizendo?” Respondeu Jesus: “Sim, vocês nunca leram: “‘Dos lábios das crianças e dos recém-nascidos suscitaste louvor’ ”?

17 A nd leaving them, He departed from the city and went out to Bethany and lodged there.

E, deixando-os, saiu da cidade para Betânia, onde passou a noite. A Figueira Seca

18 I n the early dawn the next morning, as He was coming back to the city, He was hungry.

De manhã cedo, quando voltava para a cidade, Jesus teve fome.

19 A nd as He saw one single leafy fig tree above the roadside, He went to it but He found nothing but leaves on it '> seeing that in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. And He said to it, Never again shall fruit grow on you! And the fig tree withered up at once.

Vendo uma figueira à beira do caminho, aproximou-se dela, mas nada encontrou, a não ser folhas. Então lhe disse: “Nunca mais dê frutos!” Imediatamente a árvore secou.

20 W hen the disciples saw it, they marveled greatly and asked, How is it that the fig tree has withered away all at once?

Ao verem isso, os discípulos ficaram espantados e perguntaram: “Como a figueira secou tão depressa?”

21 A nd Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done.

Jesus respondeu: “Eu lhes asseguro que, se vocês tiverem fé e não duvidarem, poderão fazer não somente o que foi feito à figueira, mas também dizer a este monte: ‘Levante-se e atire-se no mar’, e assim será feito.

22 A nd whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and believing, you will receive.

E tudo o que pedirem em oração, se crerem, vocês receberão”. A Autoridade de Jesus é Questionada

23 A nd when He entered the sacred enclosure of the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, By what power of authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this power of authority?

Jesus entrou no templo e, enquanto ensinava, aproximaram-se dele os chefes dos sacerdotes e os líderes religiosos do povo e perguntaram: “Com que autoridade estás fazendo estas coisas? E quem te deu tal autoridade?”

24 J esus answered them, I also will ask you a question, and if you give Me the answer, then I also will tell you by what power of authority I do these things.

Respondeu Jesus: “Eu também lhes farei uma pergunta. Se vocês me responderem, eu lhes direi com que autoridade estou fazendo estas coisas.

25 T he baptism of John—from where was it? From heaven or from men? And they reasoned and argued with one another, If we say, From heaven, He will ask us, Why then did you not believe him?

De onde era o batismo de João? Do céu ou dos homens?” Eles discutiam entre si, dizendo: “Se dissermos: Do céu, ele perguntará: ‘Então por que vocês não creram nele?’

26 B ut if we say, From men—we are afraid of and must reckon with the multitude, for they all regard John as a prophet.

Mas se dissermos: Dos homens — temos medo do povo, pois todos consideram João um profeta”.

27 S o they answered Jesus, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither will I tell you by what power of authority I do these things.

Eles responderam a Jesus: “Não sabemos”. E ele lhes disse: “Tampouco lhes direi com que autoridade estou fazendo estas coisas. A Parábola dos Dois Filhos

28 W hat do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He came to the first and said, Son, go and work today in the vineyard.

“O que acham? Havia um homem que tinha dois filhos. Chegando ao primeiro, disse: ‘Filho, vá trabalhar hoje na vinha’.

29 A nd he answered, I will not; but afterward he changed his mind and went.

“E este respondeu: ‘Não quero!’ Mas depois mudou de idéia e foi.

30 T hen the man came to the second and said the same. And he replied, I will, sir; but he did not go.

“O pai chegou ao outro filho e disse a mesma coisa. Ele respondeu: ‘Sim, senhor!’ Mas não foi.

31 W hich of the two did the will of the father? They replied, The first one. Jesus said to them, Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the harlots will get into the kingdom of heaven before you.

“Qual dos dois fez a vontade do pai?” “O primeiro”, responderam eles. Jesus lhes disse: “Digo-lhes a verdade: Os publicanos e as prostitutas estão entrando antes de vocês no Reino de Deus.

32 F or John came to you walking in the way of an upright man in right standing with God, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots did believe him; and you, even when you saw that, did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

Porque João veio para lhes mostrar o caminho da justiça, e vocês não creram nele, mas os publicanos e as prostitutas creram. E, mesmo depois de verem isso, vocês não se arrependeram nem creram nele. A Parábola dos Lavradores

33 L isten to another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it and dug a wine vat in it and built a watchtower. Then he let it out to tenants and went into another country.

“Ouçam outra parábola: Havia um proprietário de terras que plantou uma vinha. Colocou uma cerca ao redor dela, cavou um tanque para prensar as uvas e construiu uma torre. Depois arrendou a vinha a alguns lavradores e foi fazer uma viagem.

34 W hen the fruit season drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.

Aproximando-se a época da colheita, enviou seus servos aos lavradores, para receber os frutos que lhe pertenciam.

35 B ut the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

“Os lavradores agarraram seus servos; a um espancaram, a outro mataram e apedrejaram o terceiro.

36 A gain he sent other servants, more than the first time, and they treated them the same way.

Então enviou-lhes outros servos em maior número, e os lavradores os trataram da mesma forma.

37 F inally he sent his own son to them, saying, They will respect and give heed to my son.

Por último, enviou-lhes seu filho, dizendo: ‘A meu filho respeitarão’.

38 B ut when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, This is the heir; come on, let us kill him and have his inheritance.

“Mas quando os lavradores viram o filho, disseram uns aos outros: ‘Este é o herdeiro. Venham, vamos matá-lo e tomar a sua herança’.

39 A nd they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Assim eles o agarraram, lançaram-no para fora da vinha e o mataram.

40 N ow when the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those tenants?

“Portanto, quando vier o dono da vinha, o que fará àqueles lavradores?”

41 T hey said to Him, He will put those wretches to a miserable death and rent the vineyard to other tenants of such a character that they will give him the fruits promptly in their season.

Responderam eles: “Matará de modo horrível esses perversos e arrendará a vinha a outros lavradores, que lhe dêem a sua parte no tempo da colheita”.

42 J esus asked them, Have you never read in the Scriptures: The very Stone which the builders rejected and threw away has become the Cornerstone; this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?

Jesus lhes disse: “Vocês nunca leram isto nas Escrituras? “‘A pedra que os construtores rejeitaram tornou-se a pedra angular; isso vem do Senhor, e é algo maravilhoso para nós’.

43 I tell you, for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the fruits of it.

“Portanto eu lhes digo que o Reino de Deus será tirado de vocês e será dado a um povo que dê os frutos do Reino.

44 A nd whoever falls on this Stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom It falls will be crushed to powder '> winnow him, scattering him like dust].

Aquele que cair sobre esta pedra será despedaçado, e aquele sobre quem ela cair será reduzido a pó”.

45 A nd when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), they perceived that He was talking about them.

Quando os chefes dos sacerdotes e os fariseus ouviram as parábolas de Jesus, compreenderam que ele falava a respeito deles.

46 A nd although they were trying to arrest Him, they feared the throngs because they regarded Him as a prophet.

E procuravam um meio de prendê-lo; mas tinham medo das multidões, pois elas o consideravam profeta.