WEBVTT 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.980 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:08.980 --> 00:00:11.880 of Matthew chapter 21 and the Gospel of Mark 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:17.160 chapter 11. Matthew chapter 21. Now when they 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:19.600 drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:22.199 the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:24.660 saying to them, Go into the village opposite 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:27.640 you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:31.120 and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:34.039 to me. And if anyone says anything to you, you 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:36.899 shall say, The Lord has need of them. And immediately 00:00:36.899 --> 00:00:40.299 he will send them. All this was done that it 00:00:40.299 --> 00:00:42.840 might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:46.259 saying, Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your 00:00:46.259 --> 00:00:49.179 king is coming to you, lowly and sitting on a 00:00:49.179 --> 00:00:52.399 donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey. So the 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:54.960 disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:57.640 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.640 clothes on them, And set him on them. And a very 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.399 great multitude spread their clothes on the road. 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.659 Others cut down branches from the trees and spread 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:09.200 them on the road. Then the multitudes who went 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:11.739 before him and those who followed cried out, 00:01:11.780 --> 00:01:15.040 saying, Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:17.480 is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:20.680 in the highest. And when he had come into Jerusalem, 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:24.079 all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:28.040 So the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:31.439 from Nazareth of Galilee. Then Jesus went into 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:34.239 the temple of God and drove out all those who 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:37.079 bought and sold in the temple and overturned 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:39.879 the tables of the money changers and the seats 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:42.560 of those who sold doves. And he said to them, 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:45.400 It is written, My house shall be called the house 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:48.140 of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves. 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:51.140 Then the blind and the lame came to him in the 00:01:51.140 --> 00:01:53.680 temple, and he healed them. But when the chief 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:56.200 priests and scribes saw the wonderful things 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.859 that he did, and the children crying out in the 00:01:58.859 --> 00:02:01.140 temple and saying, Osanna to the son of David, 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:04.400 they were indignant and said to him, Do you hear 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.500 what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, 00:02:07.659 --> 00:02:10.620 Yes, have you never read out of the mouth of 00:02:10.620 --> 00:02:13.280 babes and nursing infants? You have perfected 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:15.879 praise. Then he left them and went out of the 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:19.159 city to Bethany, and he lodged there. Now in 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:21.800 the morning, as he returned to the city, he was 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.659 hungry. and seeing a fig tree by the road he 00:02:24.659 --> 00:02:27.300 came to it and found nothing on it but leaves 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:31.180 and said to it let no fruit grow on you ever 00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:34.539 again immediately the fig tree withered away 00:02:34.539 --> 00:02:37.840 and when the disciples saw it they marveled saying 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:41.719 how did the fig tree wither away so soon so jesus 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:44.280 answered and said to them assuredly i say to 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.460 you if you have faith and do not doubt you will 00:02:47.460 --> 00:02:50.599 not only do what was done to the fig tree, but 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.360 also if you say to this mountain, Be removed 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:57.060 and be cast into the sea, it will be done. And 00:02:57.060 --> 00:02:59.620 whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:03.319 you will receive. Now when he came into the temple, 00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:05.659 the chief priests and the elders of the people 00:03:05.659 --> 00:03:09.259 confronted him as he was teaching and said, By 00:03:09.259 --> 00:03:12.080 what authority are you doing these things? And 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.979 who gave you this authority? But Jesus answered 00:03:14.979 --> 00:03:18.280 and said to them, I also will ask you one thing. 00:03:18.699 --> 00:03:21.840 Which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:24.780 by what authority I do these things. The baptism 00:03:24.780 --> 00:03:28.699 of John, where was it from? From heaven or from 00:03:28.699 --> 00:03:31.639 men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:35.159 If we say from heaven, he will say to us, Why 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:37.979 then did you not believe him? But if we say from 00:03:37.979 --> 00:03:41.159 men, we fear the multitude, for all count John 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:43.759 as a prophet. So they answered Jesus and said, 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.659 We do not know. And he said to them, Neither 00:03:46.659 --> 00:03:49.099 will I tell you by what authority I do these 00:03:49.099 --> 00:03:52.500 things. But what do you think? A man had two 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:55.340 sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, 00:03:55.580 --> 00:03:58.939 go, work today in my vineyard. He answered and 00:03:58.939 --> 00:04:01.719 said, I will not. But afterward he regretted 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.960 it and went. Then he came to the second and said 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:07.919 likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir. 00:04:08.180 --> 00:04:11.580 But he did not go. Which of the two did the will 00:04:11.580 --> 00:04:15.039 of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:17.800 said to them, Assuredly I say to you that tax 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:20.560 collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.500 before you. For John came to you in the way of 00:04:23.500 --> 00:04:26.060 righteousness, and you did not believe him. But 00:04:26.060 --> 00:04:28.759 tax collectors and harlots believed him. And 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:31.279 when you saw it, you did not afterward relent 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.860 and believe him. Hear another parable. There 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:37.439 was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:40.860 and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in 00:04:40.860 --> 00:04:44.089 it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers, 00:04:44.170 --> 00:04:47.089 and went into a far country. Now when vintage 00:04:47.089 --> 00:04:51.029 time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, 00:04:51.029 --> 00:04:54.230 that they might receive its fruit. And the vinedressers 00:04:54.230 --> 00:04:57.509 took his servants, beat one, killed one, and 00:04:57.509 --> 00:05:00.290 stoned another. Again he sent other servants, 00:05:00.449 --> 00:05:03.430 more than the first, and they did likewise to 00:05:03.430 --> 00:05:06.769 them. Then last of all he sent his son to them, 00:05:06.870 --> 00:05:10.550 saying, They will respect my son. But when the 00:05:10.550 --> 00:05:13.430 vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, 00:05:14.050 --> 00:05:17.430 This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize 00:05:17.430 --> 00:05:20.149 his inheritance. So they took him and cast him 00:05:20.149 --> 00:05:22.790 out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, 00:05:22.889 --> 00:05:25.730 when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will 00:05:25.730 --> 00:05:28.709 he do to those vinedressers? They said to him, 00:05:28.750 --> 00:05:31.370 He will destroy those wicked men miserably and 00:05:31.370 --> 00:05:33.629 lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who 00:05:33.629 --> 00:05:36.209 will render to him the fruits in their seasons. 00:05:36.750 --> 00:05:39.420 Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the 00:05:39.420 --> 00:05:42.000 scriptures, the stone which the builders rejected 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:45.420 has become the chief cornerstone? This was the 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:48.540 Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:51.639 Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:54.379 be taken from you and given to a nation bearing 00:05:54.379 --> 00:05:57.660 the fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone 00:05:57.660 --> 00:06:01.139 will be broken, but on whomever it falls, it 00:06:01.139 --> 00:06:04.029 will grind them to powder. Now when the chief 00:06:04.029 --> 00:06:07.069 priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they 00:06:07.069 --> 00:06:10.250 perceived that he was speaking of them. But when 00:06:10.250 --> 00:06:12.730 they sought to lay hands on him, they feared 00:06:12.730 --> 00:06:15.649 the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet. 00:06:19.490 --> 00:06:23.089 Now when they drew near Jerusalem to Bethphage 00:06:23.089 --> 00:06:26.050 and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two 00:06:26.050 --> 00:06:28.389 of his disciples and he said to them, Go into 00:06:28.389 --> 00:06:31.259 the village opposite you. And as soon as you 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:34.339 have entered it, you will find a colt tied, on 00:06:34.339 --> 00:06:37.199 which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it. 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:40.040 And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:43.060 this? Say, The Lord has need of it, and immediately 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:46.019 he will send it here. So they went their way 00:06:46.019 --> 00:06:48.759 and found the colt tied by the door, outside 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.779 on the street, and they loosed it. But some of 00:06:51.779 --> 00:06:54.139 those who stood there said to them, What are 00:06:54.139 --> 00:06:56.839 you doing, loosing the colt? And they spoke to 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.139 them just as Jesus had commanded. So they let 00:07:00.139 --> 00:07:02.500 them go. Then they brought the coal to Jesus 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:05.000 and threw their clothes on it, and he sat on 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.420 it. And many spread their clothes on the road, 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:10.720 and others cut down leafy branches from the trees 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.699 and spread them on the road. Then those who went 00:07:13.699 --> 00:07:16.399 before and those who followed cried out, saying, 00:07:16.980 --> 00:07:19.560 Usanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:21.980 the Lord. Blessed is the kingdom of our father 00:07:21.980 --> 00:07:25.199 David that comes in the name of the Lord. Usanna. 00:07:25.610 --> 00:07:28.310 in the highest. And Jesus went into Jerusalem 00:07:28.310 --> 00:07:31.230 and into the temple. So when he had looked around 00:07:31.230 --> 00:07:33.949 at all things, as the hour was already late, 00:07:34.129 --> 00:07:37.310 he went out to Bethany with the twelve. Now the 00:07:37.310 --> 00:07:39.790 next day, when they had come out from Bethany, 00:07:39.889 --> 00:07:42.709 he was hungry, and seeing from afar a fig tree 00:07:42.709 --> 00:07:45.689 having leaves, he went to see if perhaps he would 00:07:45.689 --> 00:07:48.490 find something on it. When he came to it, he 00:07:48.490 --> 00:07:51.009 found nothing but leaves, for it was not the 00:07:51.009 --> 00:07:54.339 season for figs. In response, Jesus said to it, 00:08:22.459 --> 00:08:25.240 but you have made it a den of thieves. And the 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:28.079 scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:31.079 how they might destroy him. For they feared him, 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:33.600 because all the people were astonished at his 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:36.440 teaching. When evening had come, he went out 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:39.100 of the city. Now in the morning, as they passed 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:42.100 by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:45.659 And Peter, remembering, said to him, Rabbi, look, 00:08:45.860 --> 00:08:48.759 the fig tree which you cursed has withered away. 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:51.659 So Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith 00:08:51.659 --> 00:08:55.220 in God, for assuredly I say to you, whoever says 00:08:55.220 --> 00:08:58.159 to this mountain, be removed and be cast into 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.379 the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:04.240 believes that those things he says will be done, 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:07.720 he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:10.600 to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:13.600 believe that you receive them and you will have 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.720 them. And whenever you stand praying, if you 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:19.580 have anything against anyone, forgive him. that 00:09:19.580 --> 00:09:21.860 your Father in heaven may also forgive you your 00:09:21.860 --> 00:09:25.100 trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:27.960 will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses. 00:09:28.419 --> 00:09:31.019 Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as he 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:33.159 was walking in the temple, the chief priests, 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:36.159 the scribes, and the elders came to him and they 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:38.779 said to him, By what authority are you doing 00:09:38.779 --> 00:09:41.080 these things? And who gave you this authority 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:44.080 to do these things? But Jesus answered and said 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.519 to them, I also will ask you one question. Then 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:49.679 answer me, and I will tell you by what authority 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:53.100 I do these things. The baptism of John, was it 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:56.419 from heaven or from men? Answer me. And they 00:09:56.419 --> 00:09:59.019 reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say 00:09:59.019 --> 00:10:01.720 from heaven, he will say, Why then did you not 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:05.440 believe him? But if we say from men, they feared 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:08.220 the people, for all counted John to have been 00:10:08.220 --> 00:10:10.899 a prophet indeed. So they answered and said to 00:10:10.899 --> 00:10:13.940 Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus answered and 00:10:13.940 --> 00:10:16.610 said to them, Neither will I tell you. By what 00:10:16.610 --> 00:10:24.730 authority I do these things? I hope you enjoyed 00:10:24.730 --> 00:10:27.049 today's reading as much as I did, and I look 00:10:27.049 --> 00:10:29.029 forward to seeing you again tomorrow to continue 00:10:29.029 --> 00:10:31.210 on our journey. God bless you and have a great 00:10:31.210 --> 00:10:31.470 day.