8. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.
9. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
10. Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”
11. And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
12. On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.
13. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
14. And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
15. And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
16. And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.