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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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[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>
[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> from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the [[fruit]]s thereof.'''</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> 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>
[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>

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Matthew being inspired to write the Gospel of the kingdom.

Matthew 22
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"Everyone knew that a king was born. Prophets knew it, Herod knew it. Magi, angels, and shepherds knew it. [1] At Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, thousands of people hailed Him as the highest son of David, the Messiah, the Christ, the Anointed, the righteous King." The kingdom of God was at hand.
Jesus is fulfilling the prophecy as King in Jerusalem and the highest son of David.
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.
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.
A sheep crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) were used in Egyptian culture among others. They were symbols of a ruling judge or power of kings to hire and fire public servants.
Who were the moneychangers? The were the porters of the temple? What were the tables?
Was this an act of violence or was Jesus just doing his job as the rightful king of Judea? [2]
V12 If the word moneychangers[3] can mean banker and the word for table[4] can mean a "bank" then the word overthrew[5] 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.
V13 My house shall be called the house of prayer[6].
Was he tipping over tables a lie that we see in the movies or was he firing the porters of the temple bank and turning the treasury of that government back to the people?
Who was John the Baptist? What was his baptism about?
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.
The kingdom of God was at hand and in verse 43 Jesus announces he will take the actual seat of that peculiar form of government away from the Pharisees and give[7], "to appoint to an office", it to those who will bear fruit.
He will later say in Luke 12:32 that he will give that kingdom to His little flock as "something to be administered".[7]
By Luke 22:29 Jesus will appoint[8] that "kingdom" like His Father hath appointed unto Him.
This kingdom of God was not to be like the kingdoms or governments of the world because they were barred from exercising authority one over the other.
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.
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.
Thousands of Jews accepted Jesus as their king and the apostles as their servant leaders when they received the Baptism of Christ at Pentecost.
V43 Jesus, who was the rightful king of the Kingdom of God,[9] announced that He would take that kingdom away from those who sat in the seat of Moses and give it to a nation who would bear fruit.


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, 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. [10]

[3] And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

[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 the foal of an ass.[10]

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

[7] And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.[10]

[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.[11]

[9] And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna 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?[12]

[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[5] the tables[4] of the moneychangers[3], and the seats of them that sold doves,

[13] And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer[6]; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

[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 scribes 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, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

[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 found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. 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, 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.

[22] And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

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[13] doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?[13]

[24] And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority[13] I do these things.

[25] The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? 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, Neither tell I you by what authority[13] I do these things.

The Parable of the Two Sons

[28] 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.

[29] He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

[30] And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

[31] Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

[32] For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not:[14] but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

The Parable of the Tenants

[33] 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, and went into a far country:

[34] And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

[35] And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

[36] Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

[37] But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

[38] 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.

[39] And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

[40] When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

[41] They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Kingdom Taken

[42] Jesus saith unto them, 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?

[43] Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken[15][9] from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

[44] And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

[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.

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Footnotes

  1. 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)
  2. 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
  3. 3.0 3.1 2855 κολλυβιστής kollubistes [kol-loo-bis-tace’] from a presumed derivative of kollubos (a small coin-probably akin to 2854); n m; AV-moneychanger 2, charger 1; 3
    1) a money-changer, banker
    • See also 2856 koloboo to mutilate, from 2849 to lop or prune.
  4. 4.0 4.1 5132 ~τράπεζα~ trapeza \@trap’-ed-zah\@ probably contracted from 5064 and 3979; TDNT-8:209,1187; {See TDNT 795} n f AV-table 13, bank 1, meat 1; 15
    1) a table
    1a) a table on which food is placed, an eating place
    1a1) the table in the temple at Jerusalem on which the consecrated loaves were placed
    1b) equiv. to the food placed upon the table
    1b1) to set a table
    1b2) put food before one
    1c) a banquet, feast
    2) the table or stand of a money changer, where he sits, exchanging different kinds of money for a fee (agio), and paying back with interest loans or deposits
  5. 5.0 5.1 2690 καταστρέφω katastrepho [kat-as-tref’-o] from 2596 and 4762; v; TDNT-7:715,1093; [{See TDNT 752 }] AV-overthrow 2; 2
    1) to turn over, turn under
    1a) the soil with a plough
    2) to overturn, overthrow, throw down
  6. 6.0 6.1 4335 προσευχή proseuche [pros-yoo-khay’] from 4336 proseuchomai a verb; n f; TDNT-2:807,279; [{See TDNT 277 }] AV-prayer 36, pray earnestly + 4336 1; 37
    1) prayer addressed to God
    2) a place set apart or suited for the offering of prayer
    2a) a synagogue
    2b) a place in the open air where the Jews were wont to pray, outside the cities, where they had no synagogue
    2b1) such places were situated upon the bank of a stream or the shore of a sea, where there was a supply of water for washing the hands before prayer
    • For Synonyms see entry 5828 & 5883
  7. 7.0 7.1 1325 ~δίδωμι~ didomi \@did’-o-mee\@ a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternate in most of the tenses); TDNT-2:166,166; {See TDNT 191} v AV-give 365, grant 10, put 5, show 4, deliver 2, make 2, misc 25; 413
    1) to give
    2) to give something to someone
    2a) of one’s own accord to give one something, to his advantage
    2a1) to bestow a gift
    2b) to grant, give to one asking, let have
    2c) to supply, furnish, necessary things
    2d) to give over, deliver
    2d1) to reach out, extend, present
    2d2) of a writing
    2d3) to give over to one’s care, intrust, commit
    2d3a) something to be administered
    2d3b) to give or commit to some one something to be religiously observed
    2e) to give what is due or obligatory, to pay: wages or reward
    2f) to furnish, endue
    3) to give
    3a) to cause, profuse, give forth from one’s self
    3a1) to give, hand out lots
    3b) to appoint to an office
    3c) to cause to come forth, i.e. as the sea, death and Hell are said to give up the dead who have been engulfed or received by them
    3d) to give one to someone as his own
    3d1) as an object of his saving care
    3d2) to give one to someone, to follow him as a leader and master
    3d3) to give one to someone to care for his interests
    3d4) to give one to someone to whom he already belonged, to return
    4) to grant or permit one
    4a) to commission
    For Synonyms see entry 5836 See also 3860 "to give into the hands (of another)", 3862 ordinances "the surrender of cities"
  8. 1303 ~διατίθεμαι~ diatithemai \@dee-at-ith’-em-ahee\@ middle voice from 1223 through and 5087 to set, put, place; TDNT-2:104,157; {See TDNT 189} v AV-make 3, testator 2, appoint 2; 7
    1) to arrange, dispose of, one’s own affairs
    1a) of something that belongs to one
    1b) to dispose of by will, make a testament
    2) to make a covenant, enter into a covenant, with one
  9. 9.0 9.1 Appoint a kingdom
    Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."
    Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
    Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"
    John 19:15 But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 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.
  11. : 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.
  12. 4579 ~σείω~ seio \@si’-o\@ apparently a primary verb; TDNT-7:196,1014; {See TDNT 706} v AV-shake 3, move 1, quake 1; 5
    1) to shake, agitate, cause to tremble
    1a) of men, to be thrown into a tremor, to quake for fear
    1b) metaph. to agitate the mind
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 1849 ~ἐξουσία~ exousia \@ex-oo-see’-ah\@ from 1832 (in the sense of ability); n f AV-power 69, authority 29, right 2, liberty 1, jurisdiction 1, strength 1; 103 See Romans 13
    1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
    1a) leave or permission
    2) physical and mental power
    2a) the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
    3) the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
    4) the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
    4a) universally
    4a1) authority over mankind
    4b) specifically
    4b1) the power of judicial decisions
    4b2) of authority to manage domestic affairs
    4c) metonymically
    4c1) a thing subject to authority or rule
    4c1a) jurisdiction
    4c2) one who possesses authority
    4c2a) a ruler, a human magistrate
    4c2b) the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates
    4d) a sign of the husband’s authority over his wife
    4d1) the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
    4e) the sign of regal authority, a crown
    For Synonyms see entry 5820
  14. Care not
    Genesis 19:14 "And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law."
    Psalms 106:25 "But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD."
    Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction... 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:"
    Matthew 24:38 "For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come."
    Luke 14:18 "And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused... the master of the house being angry... Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, that my house may be filled... none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded... in the day when the Son of man... Remember Lot’s wife."
    1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
    Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace."
    2 Timothy 3:1 "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,"
    John 10:13 "The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth <3199|melo> not for the sheep."
    Luke 10:34 The Good Samaritan, "And went to [him], and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him."
    1 John 2:15 "Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the prideboaster of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."
    2 Peter 1:12 "Wherefore I will not be negligent <272|amelo> to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know [them], and be established in the present truth. 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;"
    1 Corinthians 12:25 "That there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members should have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ..."
  15. Kingdom Taken
    Matthew 2:6 "And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor(2233), that shall rule my people Israel."
    Matthew 9:16  "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.  17  Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved." Jesus did not just reform the kingdom.
    Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." Jesus would take it as priest and king.
    Luke 13:9 "And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down." The Corbans of the world were covetous practices
    John 19:15...19 "But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar." The kingdom taken by the words of their own mouth.
    John 15:4 "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." The people must seek The Way.
    John 15:8 "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."
    Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
    Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"
    Mark 15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
    Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."
    1 Peter 2:9 "But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"
    See Taking and Giving the Kingdom