Matthew 21:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

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  • Matt 21:9 : 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
  • Luke 19:39-40 : 39 But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him,“Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He answered,“I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”
  • Luke 20:1 : 1 The Authority of Jesus Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up
  • Luke 22:2 : 2 The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
  • Luke 22:66 : 66 When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council
  • John 4:1 : 1 Departure From Judea Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John
  • John 7:42 : 42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.
  • Matt 9:27 : 27 Healing the Blind and Mute As Jesus went on from there, two blind men began to follow him, shouting,“Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
  • John 11:57 : 57 (Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)
  • John 12:19 : 19 Thus the Pharisees said to one another,“You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”
  • Matt 21:23 : 23 The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
  • Matt 22:42 : 42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said,“The son of David.”
  • Matt 26:3 : 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.
  • Matt 27:20 : 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.
  • Mark 11:18 : 18 The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.
  • John 11:47-49 : 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs. 48 If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation.” 49 Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said,“You know nothing at all!

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  • Matt 21:16
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    16and said to him,“Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them,“Yes. Have you never read,‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”

  • Matt 21:8-10
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    8A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

    9The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

    10As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, saying,“Who is this?”

  • Matt 21:12-14
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    12Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

    13And he said to them,“It is written,‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

    14The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

  • Mark 11:8-11
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    8Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

    9Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting,“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

    10Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”

    11Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

  • Luke 19:45-47
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    45Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,

    46saying to them,“It is written,‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

    47Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

  • John 12:12-14
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    12The Triumphal Entry The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

    13So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout,“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!”

    14Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

  • Mark 11:15-18
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    15Cleansing the Temple Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

    16and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

    17Then he began to teach them and said,“Is it not written:‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

    18The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

  • Mark 10:13-14
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    13Jesus and Little Children Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.

    14But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them,“Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

  • John 2:14-16
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    14He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

    15So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

    16To those who sold the doves he said,“Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!”

  • Mark 11:27-28
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    27The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

    28and said,“By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

  • Luke 20:1
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    1The Authority of Jesus Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

  • Matt 21:23
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    23The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

  • Luke 19:37-38
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    37As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen:

    38“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

  • Matt 21:1
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    1The Triumphal Entry Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

  • Luke 18:15
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    15Jesus and Little Children Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

  • Matt 20:31
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    31The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly,“Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

  • Matt 19:13
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    13Jesus and Little Children Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

  • Luke 22:2
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    2The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

  • Matt 21:45
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    45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

  • Mark 15:29
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    29Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

  • Luke 22:66
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    66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

  • Mark 9:14-15
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    14The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

    15When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran at once and greeted him.

  • Mark 12:11
    72%

    11This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Luke 20:45
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    45Jesus Warns the Disciples against Pride As all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,

  • Luke 23:10
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    10The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

  • Luke 20:19
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    19Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

  • Mark 15:11
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    11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.

  • Matt 21:5
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    5“Tell the people of Zion,‘Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

  • Luke 22:52
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    52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him,“Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?