The Life of Jesus

For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve -- and to give his life as a ransom for many."

As they were leaving Yericho, a large crowd followed Yeshua.

Two blind men sitting by the side of the road heard that he was passing by and shouted, "Son of David! Have pity on us!"

The crowd scolded them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, "Lord! Son of David! Have pity on us!"

Yeshua stopped, called them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

They said to him, "Lord, open our eyes."

Filled with tenderness, Yeshua touched their eyes; and instantly they received their sight and followed him.

As they were approaching Yerushalayim, they came to Beit-Pagei on the Mount of Olives. Yeshua sent two talmidim

with these instructions: "Go into the village ahead of you, and you will immediately find a donkey tethered there with its colt. Untie them and bring them to me.

If anyone says anything to you, tell him, `The Lord needs them'; and he will let them go at once."

This happened in order to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet,

"Say to the daughter of Tziyon, `Look! Your King is coming to you, riding humbly on a donkey, and on a colt, the offspring of a beast of burden!'

So the talmidim went and did as Yeshua had directed them.

They brought the donkey and the colt and put their robes on them, and Yeshua sat on them.

Crowds of people carpeted the road with their clothing, while others cut branches from trees and spread them on the road.

The crowds ahead of him and behind shouted, "Please! Deliver us!" to the Son of David; "Blessed is he who comes in the name of ADONAI!" "You in the highest heaven! Please! Deliver us!"

When he entered Yerushalayim, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they asked.

And the crowds answered, "This is Yeshua, the prophet from Natzeret in the Galil."

Yeshua entered the Temple grounds and drove out those who were doing business there, both the merchants and their customers. He upset the desks of the money changers and knocked over the benches of those who were selling pigeons.

He said to them, "It has been written, `My house will be called a house of prayer.' But you are making it into a den of robbers!"

Blind and lame people came up to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

But when the head cohanim and Torah-teachers saw the wonderful things he was doing, and the children crying out in the Temple, "Please deliver us!" to the Son of David, they were furious.

They said to him, "Do you hear what they're saying?" Yeshua replied, "Of course! Haven't you ever read, `From the mouth of children and infants you have prepared praise for yourself'?"

With that, he left them and went outside the city to Beit-Anyah, where he spent the night.

The next morning, on his way back to the city, he felt hungry.