Miketz Gospel

MattithYahu 21 - 22
Mat 21:1 And when they came near to Yerushalayim, and came to Bĕyth Phaḡi, at the Mount of Olives, then יהושע sent two talmidim,
Mat 21:2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and straightaway you shall find a donkey tied, and a colt with her, loosen them, and bring them to Me.
Mat 21:3 “And if anyone says whatever to you, you shall say, ‘The Master needs them,’ and immediately he shall send them.”
Mat 21:4 And all this took place that it might be filled what was spoken by the Navi, saying,
Mat 21:5 “Say to the daughter of Tsiyon, ‘See, your Melech is coming to you, meek, and sitting on a donkey, even a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
Mat 21:6 And the talmidim went, and having done as יהושע ordered them,
Mat 21:7 they brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their garments on them, and He sat on them.
Mat 21:8 And most of the crowd spread their garments on the way, while others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the way.
Mat 21:9 And the crowds who went before and those who followed cried out, saying, “Hoshia-na to the Son of Dawiḏ! Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of יהוה! Hoshia-na in the highest!”
Mat 21:10 And as He entered into Yerushalayim, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”
Mat 21:11 And the crowds said, “This is יהושע, the Navi from Natsareth of Galil.”
Mat 21:12 And יהושע went into the Kadosh Place of Elohim and drove out all those buying and selling in the Kadosh Place, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.
Mat 21:13 And He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My House shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers.’ ”
Mat 21:14 And blind and lame ones came to Him in the Kadosh Place, and He healed them.
Mat 21:15 But when the chief Kohanim and scribes saw the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the Kadosh Place and saying, “Hoshia-na to the Son of Dawiḏ!” they were greatly displeased,
Mat 21:16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these say?” And יהושע said to them, “Yea, have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nurslings You have perfected praise’?”
Mat 21:17 And having left them He went out of the city to Bĕyth Anyah, and spent the night there.
Mat 21:18 And returning to the city early in the morning, He became hungry.
Mat 21:19 And seeing a single fig tree by the way, He came to it and found naught on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” And immediately the fig tree withered.
Mat 21:20 And the talmidim, seeing it, marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither so soon?”
Mat 21:21 And יהושע answering, said to them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have belief and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be thrown into the sea,’ it shall be done.
Mat 21:22 “And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.”
Mat 21:23 And when He had come into the Kadosh Place, the chief Kohanim and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these? And who gave You this authority?”
Mat 21:24 And יהושע answering, said to them, “I shall ask you one question too, which if you answer Me, I also shall say to you by what authority I do these:
Mat 21:25 “The immersion of Yochanan, where did it come from? From heaven or from men?” So they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He shall say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
Mat 21:26 “But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd, for all hold Yochanan as a Navi.”
Mat 21:27 And they answered יהושע and said, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these.
Mat 21:28 “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.’
Mat 21:29 “And he answering, said, ‘I do not wish to,’ but afterwards he repented and went.
Mat 21:30 “And having come to the second, he said similarly. And he answering, said, ‘I go, master,’ but he did not go.
Mat 21:31 “Which of the two did the desire of the father?” They said to Him, “The first.” יהושע said to them, “Truly, I say to you that tax collectors and whores are entering into the reign of Elohim before you,
Mat 21:32 for Yochanan came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but tax collectors and whores believed him. And when you saw it, you did not repent afterwards, to believe him.
Mat 21:33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a householder who planted a vineyard and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. And he leased it to farmers and went abroad.
Mat 21:34 “And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his slaves to the farmers, to receive its fruit.
Mat 21:35 “And the farmers took his slaves and beat one, and they killed one, and they stoned another.
Mat 21:36 “Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
Mat 21:37 “And at last he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They shall respect my son.’
Mat 21:38 “But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us possess his inheritance.’
Mat 21:39 “And they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Mat 21:40 “Therefore, when the master of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those farmers?”
Mat 21:41 They said to Him, “Evil ones! He shall bring them to evil destruction, and lease the vineyard to other farmers who shall give to him the fruits in their seasons.”
Mat 21:42 יהושע said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner-stone. This was from יהוה, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Mat 21:43 “Because of this I say to you: the reign of Elohim shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it.
Mat 21:44 “And he who falls on this stone shall be broken,1 but on whomever it falls, he shall be pulverized.” Footnote:1Rom. 8:10 & 13, Col. 3:5.
Mat 21:45 And the chief Kohanim and Pharisees, having heard His parables, knew that He was speaking of them.
Mat 21:46 And seeking to lay hands on Him, they feared the crowds, seeing they held Him to be a Navi.
Mat 22:1 And יהושע responded and spoke to them again by parables and said,
Mat 22:2 “The reign of the heavens is like a man, a sovereign, who made a wedding feast for his son,
Mat 22:3 and sent out his slaves to call those who were invited to the wedding feast. But they would not come.
Mat 22:4 “Again he sent out other slaves, saying, ‘Say to those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle are slaughtered, and all is ready. Come to the wedding feast.” ’
Mat 22:5 “But they disregarded it and went their way – this one to his field, that one to his trade.
Mat 22:6 “And the rest, having seized his slaves, insulted and killed them.
Mat 22:7 “But when the sovereign heard, he was wroth, and sent out his soldiers, destroyed those murderers, and set their city on fire.
Mat 22:8 “Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding feast, indeed, is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Mat 22:9 ‘Therefore go into the street corners, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding feast.’
Mat 22:10 “And those slaves went out into the street corners and gathered all whom they found, both wicked and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Mat 22:11 “And when the sovereign came in to view the guests, he saw there a man who had not put on a wedding garment,
Mat 22:12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not having a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
Mat 22:13 “Then the sovereign said to the slaves, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him out into the outer darkness – there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Mat 22:14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”1 Footnote:1See 20:16.
Mat 22:15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap Him in His words.
Mat 22:16 And they sent to Him their talmidim with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of Elohim in truth, and it does not concern You about anyone, for You are not partial to any man.
Mat 22:17 “Then say to us, what do You think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
Mat 22:18 But knowing their wickedness, יהושע said, “Why do you try Me, you hypocrites?
Mat 22:19 “Show Me the coin of the tax.” And they brought Him a silver piece.
Mat 22:20 And He said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”
Mat 22:21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Then give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to Elohim what is Elohim’s.”
Mat 22:22 And having heard, they marveled, and left Him and went away.
Mat 22:23 On that day Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,
Mat 22:24 saying, “Teacher, Moshe said that if anyone should die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise offspring for his brother.
Mat 22:25 “And there were with us seven brothers, and the first died after he had married, and having no children, left his wife to his brother.
Mat 22:26 “In the same way the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
Mat 22:27 “And last of all the woman died too.
Mat 22:28 “At the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven shall she be – for all had her?”
Mat 22:29 And יהושע answering, said to them, “You go astray, not knowing the Scriptures1 nor the power of Elohim. Footnote: 1Mk. 12:24.
Mat 22:30 “For in the resurrection they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of Elohim in heaven.
Mat 22:31 “And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by Elohim, saying,
Mat 22:32 ‘I am the Elohim of Avraham, and the Elohim of Yitzchak, and the Elohim of Ya`akov̱’? Elohim is not the Elohim of the dead, but of the living.”
Mat 22:33 And when the crowds heard, they were astonished at His teaching.
Mat 22:34 But the Pharisees, having heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, were gathered together,
Mat 22:35 and one of them, one learned in the Torah, did question, trying Him, and saying,
Mat 22:36 “Teacher, which is the great command in the Torah?”
Mat 22:37 And יהושע said to him, “ ‘You shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind.’
Mat 22:38 “This is the first and great command.
Mat 22:39 “And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Mat 22:40 “On these two commands hang all the Torah and the Nevi’im.”
Mat 22:41 And when the Pharisees were gathered together, יהושע asked them,
Mat 22:42 saying, “What do you think concerning HaMashiach? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of Dawiḏ.”
Mat 22:43 He said to them, “Then how does Dawiḏ in the Spirit call Him ‘Master,’ saying,
Mat 22:44 ‘יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies a footstool of Your feet” ’?
Mat 22:45 “If then Dawiḏ calls Him ‘Master,’ how is He his Son?”
Mat 22:46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, and from that day on no one was bold enough to ask Him any more questions.