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Matthew 21:14-19 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

14. The blind and the crippled came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

15. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law became angry when they saw the wonderful things he was doing and the children shouting in the Temple, “Praise to David's Son!”

16. So they asked Jesus, “Do you hear what they are saying?” “Indeed I do,” answered Jesus. “Haven't you ever read this scripture? ‘You have trained children and babies to offer perfect praise.’ ”

17. Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

18. On his way back to the city early next morning, Jesus was hungry.

19. He saw a fig tree by the side of the road and went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. So he said to the tree, “You will never again bear fruit!” At once the fig tree dried up.

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