GOSPEL 22-23
Setting Out for Jerusalem
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM
22 1From that time on, Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must make his way up to Jerusalem. 2It was just before the Feast of Tabernacles, and Jesus knew that his hour had come.
3Jesus said, “I am with you now only for a short time longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me. You will look for me, but you will not find me, for where I am going you cannot follow.”
4When the time approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
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5While they were on their way, heading up to Jerusalem, Jesus passed through some grainfields on the Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry, so they started to pick heads of grain and eat them. 6Some Pharisees saw this, and they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is against the Rules on the Sabbath!”
7“Are you really still so dull?” he asked.
8“Why do our disciples break the tradition of the elders?”
9Jesus sighed, then said, “O faithless and degenerate age, how long do I have to I put up with you?”
10But they started to challenge him, asking for a sign from Heaven and putting him to the test. But Jesus just replied, “Why does this age demand signs? A wicked, false age looks for signs—but none will be given it.” And he walked away from them.
Tenth Scroll
APPROACHING JERUSALEM
23 1As they came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent ahead two disciples, saying to them, “Look: we are coming up to Jerusalem. Go to the village ahead of you and make preparations for us so that we can eat.
2But be on your guard. I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. 3Therefore, be as shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves.
4A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers, and went away for a long time. 5At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. 6But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 7He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed. 8He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.
9Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’ 10But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. ‘This is the heir,’ they said. ‘Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
11Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “What then is the meaning of that which is written:
‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone’?
12All that fall on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
13In any case, I must press on, today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!”
14But as he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “O Jerusalem, if you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace… but even now it is hidden from your eyes.”
15When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. They asked, “Who is this?”
16And the crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee!”
17Still others said, “He is the Messiah!” And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 18The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted:
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest!”
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM
22 1Ἀπὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς δεικνύειν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὅτι δεῖ αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπελθεῖν. 2πρὸ δὲ τῆς ἑορτῆς τῆς σκηνοπηγίας εἰδὼς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἦλθεν αὐτοῦ ἡ ὥρα. 3εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἔτι χρόνον μικρὸν μεθ’ ὑμῶν εἰμι καὶ ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πέμψαντά με. ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετέ με, καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν. 4ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ συμπλη-ροῦσθαι τὰς ἡμέρας καὶ αὐτὸς τὸ πρόσωπον ἐστήρισεν τοῦ πορεύεσθαι εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ.
5Ἦσαν δὲ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἀναβαίνοντες εἰς Ἱεροσό-λυμα, καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς σάββασιν διὰ τῶν σπορίμων· οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπείνασαν καὶ ἤρξαντο τίλλειν στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν. 6οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι ἰδόντες εἶπαν αὐτῷ· Ἰδοὺ οἱ μαθηταί σου ποιοῦσιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν ποιεῖν ἐν σαββάτῳ. 7ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἀκμὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε; 8Διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσιν τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων; 9καὶ ἀναστενάξας τῷ πνεύματι αὐτοῦ λέγει· Ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος καὶ διεστραμμένη, ἕως πότε μεθ’ ὑμῶν ἔσομαι; 10καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἤρξαντο συζητεῖν αὐτῷ, ζητοῦντες παρ’ αὐτοῦ σημεῖον ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πειράζοντες αὐτόν. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· Tί ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη ζητεῖ σημεῖον; γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς σημεῖον ἐπιζητεῖ, καὶ σημεῖον οὐ δοθήσεται αὐτῇ. καὶ καταλιπὼν αὐτοὺς ἀπῆλθεν.
APPROACHING JERUSALEM
23 1Καὶ ὅτε ἦλθον εἰς Βηθφαγὴ εἰς τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν, τότε Ἰησοῦς ἀπέστειλεν δύο μαθητὰς λέγων αὐτοῖς· Ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἱεροσ-όλυμα. πορεύεσθε εἰς τὴν κώμην τὴν κατέναντι ὑμῶν. πορευθέντες ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν ἵνα φάγωμεν.
2προσέχετε δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσῳ λύκων· 3γίνεσθε οὖν φρόνιμοι ὡς οἱ ὄφεις καὶ ἀκέραιοι ὡς αἱ περιστεραί.
4Ἄνθρωπός τις ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν χρόνους ἱκανούς. 5καὶ καιρῷ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς τοὺς γεωργοὺς δοῦλον ἵνα ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος δώσουσιν αὐτῷ· 6οἱ δὲ γεωργοὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτὸν δείραντες κενόν. 7καὶ προσέθετο ἕτερον πέμψαι δοῦλον· οἱ δὲ κἀκεῖνον δείραντες καὶ ἀτιμάσαντες ἐξαπ-έστειλαν κενόν. 8καὶ προσέθετο τρίτον πέμψαι· οἱ δὲ καὶ τοῦτον τραυματίσαντες ἐξέβαλον. 9εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος· Τί ποιήσω; πέμψω τὸν υἱόν μου τὸν ἀγαπητόν· ἴσως τοῦτον ἐντραπήσονται. 10ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ γεωργοὶ διελογίζοντο πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, ἵνα ἡμῶν γένηται ἡ κληρονομία. καὶ ἐκβαλόντες αὐτὸν ἔξω τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος ἀπέκτειναν.
11Ὁ δὲ ἐμβλέψας αὐτοῖς εἶπεν· Τί οὖν ἐστιν τὸ γεγραμμένον τοῦτο·
Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες,
οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας;
12Πᾶς ὁ πεσὼν ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνον τὸν λίθον συνθλασθήσεται· ἐφ’ ὃν δ’ ἂν πέσῃ, λικμήσει αὐτόν. 13πλὴν δεῖ με σήμερον καὶ αὔριον καὶ τῇ ἐχομένῃ πορεύεσθαι, ὅτι οὐκ ἐνδέχεται προφήτην ἀπολέσθαι ἔξω Ἰερουσαλήμ.
14Καὶ ὡς ἤγγισεν ἰδὼν τὴν πόλιν ἔκλαυσεν ἐπ’ αὐτὴν λέγων ὅτι Ἰερουσαλήμ, εἰ ἔγνως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ καὶ σὺ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην· νῦν δὲ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου.
15Καὶ εἰσελθόντος αὐτοῦ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐσείσθη πᾶσα ἡ πόλις λέγουσα· Τίς ἐστιν οὗτος; 16οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι ἔλεγον· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ προφήτης Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲθ τῆς Γαλιλαίας.
17Ἄλλοι ἔλεγον· Ὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός· καὶ ὁ δὲ πλεῖστος ὄχλος ἔστρωσαν ἑαυτῶν τὰ ἱμάτια ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ἄλλοι δὲ ἔκοπτον κλάδους ἀπὸ τῶν δένδρων καὶ ἐστρώννυον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ. 18οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι οἱ προάγοντες αὐτὸν καὶ οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντες ἔκραζον λέγοντες·
Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου·
Ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις.