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| [[File:matthew.jpg|center|thumb|Matthew being inspired to write the [[Gospel of the kingdom]].  ]]
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|"Everyone knew that a king was born. Prophets knew it, Herod knew it. Magi, angels, and shepherds knew it. <Ref>[[Matthew 2]]:2 “Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.” (also [[Luke 2]]:8, 15)</Ref> At [[Jesus]]’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, thousands of people hailed Him as the highest son of David, the Messiah, the [[Christ]], the [[Anoint]]ed, the righteous King." The '''[[kingdom of God]]''' was at hand.
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| [[Jesus]] is fulfilling the prophecy as King in [[Jerusalem]] and the highest son of David.
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| '''V9''' ....cried, saying, '''Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.''' They are calling him the king.
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| His kingdom will set the [[captive]] free from the [[bondage of Egypt]] and from the [[Golden calf]] system of centralized wealth and power like the [[Turtledove]] [[Goddess]] of [[Sumer]].
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|[[File:pharaoh2.jpg|center|200px|thumb|A sheep crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) were used in [[Egypt]]ian culture among others. They were symbols of a ruling judge or power of kings to hire and fire public servants.]]
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| Who were the '''[[moneychangers]]'''? The were the [[porters]] of the temple? What were the [[tables]]?
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| Was this an act of violence or was [[Jesus]] just doing his job as the rightful king of Judea? <Ref>[[1 Chronicles 9]]:22  "All these [which were] chosen to be porters <[[07778]]> in the gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office." See also [[1 Chronicles 23]], [[1 Chronicles 25]]</Ref>
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| '''V12''' If the word [[moneychangers]]<Ref name="kollubistes">{{2855}}</Ref> can mean ''banker'' and the word for [[table]]<Ref name="trapeza">{{5132}}</Ref> can mean a ''"bank"'' then the word ''overthrew''<Ref name="katastrepho">{{2690}}</Ref>  can mean these ''bankers'' were ''"deprived of the power and influence he exercises in the world"''.  If we also know that the [[Porters]] of [[temples]] could only be fired by the High priest or King then Jesus was at least one or both. In [[Rome]] this was par of the office of the [[Son of God]] belonging to [[Caesar]].
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| '''V13''' My house shall be called the house of [[prayer]]<Ref name="proseuche">{{4335}}</Ref>.
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| Was he tipping over [[tables]] a lie that we see in the movies or was he firing [[moneychangers|the porters]] of the temple bank and turning the ''[[treasury]]'' of that government back to the people?
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| Who was [[John the Baptist]]? What was his [[baptism]] about?
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| Jesus was clearly the king of the [[kingdom of God]] even though that kingdom was not of the [[world]] of [[Pontius Pilate]] and [[Rome]]. He was warning the people in power that if they came against him that they would be destroyed.
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| The [[kingdom of God]] was at hand and '''in verse 43''' Jesus announces he will take the actual seat of that [[peculiar people|peculiar]] [[One form of government|form of government]] away from the [[Pharisees]] and give<Ref name="give">{{1325}}</Ref>, "to appoint to an office", it to those who will bear [[fruit]].
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| He will later say in [[Luke 12]]:32  that he will give that kingdom to His [[little flock]] as "something to be administered".<Ref name="give"></Ref>
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| By [[Luke 22]]:29 Jesus will [[appoint]]<Ref>{{1303}}</Ref> that "kingdom" like His [[Father]] hath appointed unto Him.
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| This [[kingdom of God]] was not to be like the kingdoms or governments of the [[world]] because they were barred from [[exercises authority|exercising authority]] one over the other.
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| They would have their own [[daily ministration]] through [[Pure Religion]] unspotted by that [[world]] and their leaders who call themselves [[benefactors]] but use [[force]] instead of [[charity]].
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|  They were to feed His sheep but not through the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] nor with the [[free bread]] of the ''[[fathers]] of the earth'' nor those false [[benefactors]] of the [[world]].
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| Thousands of Jews accepted [[Jesus]] as their king and the apostles as their servant leaders when they received the [[Baptism]] of [[Christ]] at [[Pentecost]].
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|V43 [[Jesus]], who was the rightful king of the [[Kingdom of God]],<Ref name="Appointk">{{Appointk}}</Ref> announced that He would ''take that kingdom'' away from those who sat in the seat of [[Moses]] and give it to a [[1484|nation]] who would bear [[fruit]].<Ref name="ktaken">{{ktaken}}</Ref> 
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== The Triumphal Entry ==

[1] And when they drew nigh unto [[Jerusalem]], and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

[2] Saying unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.'''</span> <Ref name="colt">[[Zechariah 9]]:9 ¶  Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.</Ref>

[3] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.'''</span>

[4] All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the [[prophet]], saying,

[5] '''Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt<Ref name="colts">{{colts}}</Ref> the foal of an ass.'''<Ref name="colt">[[Zechariah 9]]:9 ¶  Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.</Ref>

[6] And the disciples went, and did as Jesus [[commanded]] them,

[7] And brought the ass, and the colt <Ref name="colts">{{colts}}</Ref>, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.<Ref name="colt">[[Zechariah 9]]:9 ¶  Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.</Ref>

[8] And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.<Ref>: [[Leviticus 23]]:40  And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
: [[John 12]]:13  Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the [[name]] of the Lord.</Ref>

[9] And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, '''Hosanna<Ref name="hosan">{{hosan}}</Ref> to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna<Ref name="hosan">{{hosan}}</Ref> in the highest.'''See verse 15, and [[Mark 11]]:9-10

[10] And when he was come into [[Jerusalem]], all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?<Ref name="seio">{{4579}}</Ref>

[11] And the multitude said, '''This is Jesus the prophet of [[Nazareth]] of Galilee.'''

== Jesus Cleanses the Temple ==

[12] And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew<Ref name="katastrepho">{{2690}}</Ref> the [[tables]]<Ref name="trapeza">{{5132}}</Ref> of the [[moneychangers]]<Ref name="kollubistes">{{2855}}</Ref><Ref name="Moneychang">{{Moneychang}}</Ref>, and the seats of them that sold doves,

[13] And said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer<Ref name="proseuche">{{4335}}</Ref>; but ye have made it a den of thieves.'''</span><Ref name="Robbers">{{Robbers}}</Ref>

[14] And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

=== Displeased ===

[15] And when the chief [[priests]] and [[scribe]]s saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

[16] And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected [[praise]]?'''</span>

[17] And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

== Jesus Curses the Fig Tree ==

[18] Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

[19] And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and [[fruit|found nothing]] thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Let no [[fruit]] grow on thee henceforward for ever.'''</span> And presently the fig tree withered away.

[20] And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

== Casting mountains into the sea  ==

[21] Jesus answered and said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Verily I say unto you, If ye have [[faith]], and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.'''</span>

[22] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'''</span>

== The Authority of Jesus Challenged ==

[23] And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority<Ref name="exousia">{{1849}}</Ref> doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?<Ref name="exousia">{{1849}}</Ref>

[24] And Jesus answered and said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority<Ref name="exousia">{{1849}}</Ref> I do these things.'''</span>

[25] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''The [[baptism]] of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?'''</span> And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

[26] But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

[27] And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Neither tell I you by what authority<Ref name="exousia">{{1849}}</Ref> I do these things.'''</span>

== The Parable of the Two Sons ==

[28] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.'''</span>

[29] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he [[repent]]ed, and went.'''</span>

[30] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.'''</span>

[31] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Whether of them twain did the will of his father?'''</span> They say unto him, '''The first.''' Jesus saith unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the [[kingdom of God]] before you.'''</span>

[32] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''For John came unto you in [[the way]] of [[righteousness]], and ye believed him not:<Ref name="Careless">{{Careless}}</Ref> but the publicans and the [[harlot]]s believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, [[repent]]ed not afterward, that ye might believe him.'''</span>

== The Parable of the Tenants ==

[33] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen<Ref name="georgos">{{1092}}</Ref>, and went into a far country:'''</span>

[34] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the [[fruit]]s of it.'''</span>

[35] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.'''</span>

[36] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.'''</span>

[37] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.'''</span>

[38] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.'''</span>

[39] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.'''</span>

[40] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?'''</span>

[41] They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those [[wicked]] men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen<Ref name="georgos">{{1092}}</Ref>, which shall render him the [[fruit|fruits]] in their seasons.

=== Kingdom Taken ===

[42] Jesus saith unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?'''</span>

[43] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Therefore say I unto you, The [[kingdom of God]] shall be taken<Ref name="ktaken">{{ktaken}}</Ref><Ref name="Appointk">{{Appointk}}</Ref><Ref name="Handwrit">{{Handwrit}}</Ref> from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the [[fruit]]s thereof.'''</span>

[44] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.'''</span>

[45] And when the chief priests and [[Pharisees]] had heard his [[parables]], they perceived that he spake of them.

[46] But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.<br>
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