Matthew 21:4
Greek Text— Matthew 21:4All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
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“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.
You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.
Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh.
Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.
I myself am Yahweh. Besides me, there is no savior.
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene.
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”
But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall consume the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.
“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”
For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh.
Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’ ”
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.” ’
She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”
I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”
saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,
“Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,
Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”
I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that those who are faint in the wilderness may drink.”
He said, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’
Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.
but they will serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
But all this has happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
They brought the young donkey to Jesus, and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it.
For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),
that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.