13 And many children came with garlands of sweet flowers and placed them on the Lord, or strewed them in the way, and said, All hail the king! Long live the king! 14 The throne of David shall be built again. Hosanna to the Lord of hosts! 15 Among the throng were Pharisees, who said to Jesus as he passed, Rebuke this noisy throng; it is a shame for them to cry thus in the street. 16 The Lord replied, I tell you, men, if these should hold their peace the very stones would cry aloud. 17 And then the Pharisees conferred among themselves; they said, Our threats are idle words. Behold, for all the world is following him. 18 As Jesus drew a-near Jerusalem he paused and wept, and said, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the holy city of the Jews! yours was the glory of the Lord; but you have cast the Lord away. 19 Your eyes are closed, you cannot see the king; the kingdom of the Lord of heaven and earth has come; you comprehend it not. 20 Behold, the day will come when armies from afar will cast a bank about your way; will compass you about, and hem you in on every side; 21 Will dash you to the ground and slay you and your children in the streets. 22 And of your holy temple, and of your palaces and walls, they will not leave a stone upon a stone, because today you spurn the offers of the God of heaven. 23 When Jesus and the multitude had come into Jerusalem, excitement reigned, and people asked, Who is this man? 24 The multitude replied, This is the king, the prophet, priest of God; this is the man from Galilee. 25 But Jesus tarried not; he went directly to the temple porch, and it was filled with people pressing hard to see the king. 26 The sick, the halt, the lame, the blind were there, and Jesus paused, and laid his hands on them and healed them by the sacred Word. 27 The temple and the temple courts were filled with children praising God. They said, Hosanna to the king! The son of David is the king! All hail the king! Praise God! 28 The Pharisees were filled with anger when they heard the children sing. They said to Jesus, Hear you what the children say? 29 And Jesus said, I hear; but have you never read the words of our own bard who said, 30 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise! 31 And when the evening came the Lord and his disciples went again to Bethany. CHAPTER 152. _Jesus rebukes a barren fig tree. Drives the merchants out of the temple. Teaches the people. Returns to Bethany._ Next day, the Monday of the week, the master with the twelve, went to Jerusalem. 2 And as they passed along the way they saw a fig tree full of leaves without a sign of fruit. 3 And Jesus spoke unto the tree; he said, You useless cumberer of the ground; you fig tree fair to look upon, but a delusive thing. 4 You take from earth and air the food that fruitful trees should have. 5 Go back to earth and be yourself the food for other trees to eat.