36. As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.
37. Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
38. The King who comesin the name of the Lord is the blessed One.Peace in heavenand glory in the highest heaven!
39. Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”
40. He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out! ”
41. As He approached and saw the city, He wept over it,
42. saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace — but now it is hidden from your eyes.
43. For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.
44. They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
45. He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those who were selling,
46. and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves! ”
47. Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,
48. but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.