Jesus Go Inside Jerusalem Jalike One King

21 Den Jesus dem come near Jerusalem an come to Betpage, da small town on top Olive Ridge. Jesus tell two guys he teaching, ² “You guys know dat town ova dea? Go inside dea. Wen you guys go inside da town, right dea you guys goin find one donkey dat stay tie up, an her baby donkey stay dea too. Hemo da rope from da fence, an bring um ova hea fo me. ³ If somebody aks you guys, ‘Eh, how come you guys stay doing dat?’ tell him, ‘Da Boss need um.’ An right den an dea da guy goin let da donkeys go.” ⁴ Dat wen happen fo make come true wat da guy who wen talk fo God long time ago wen say,

⁶ So, Jesus guys wen go do wat he wen tell um. ⁷ Dey bring da donkey an her baby by Jesus. Dey throw dea coats on top um, an Jesus wen sit on top um. ⁸ Plenny peopo put dea coats down on top da road too, jalike fo one king. Odda guys cut branches from da trees an put um down on top da road fo show respeck fo Jesus. ⁹ An plenny guys stay walking in front an behind, yelling,

¹⁰ Wen Jesus go inside Jerusalem, all da peopo was amping, an dey aks, “Eh, who dat?”

¹¹ An plenny peopo wen tell um, “Dass da Guy who talk fo God. Az Jesus from Nazaret town, Galilee side.”

Jesus Inside Da Temple Yard

¹² Den Jesus wen go inside da temple yard, an he throw out all da guys who was buying an selling stuff ova dea. He wen huli da tables wea dey sell da spesho kine money fo give to da temple, an da stools fo da guys who sell doves fo sacrifice. ¹³ He tell all dose peopo, “Da Bible say, ‘My temple goin be one house fo pray inside.’ But you guys stay make um jalike one hangout fo crooks!”

¹⁴ Den da blind guys an da guys dat no can walk wen go by Jesus inside da temple yard, an he wen make um come good.

¹⁵ But da main priest guys an da teachas who teach Godʼs Rules wen see all da awesome stuff Jesus wen do. An dey see all da kids yelling inside da temple yard. Da kids say,

So da priest guys an da teacha guys wen come huhu. ¹⁶ Dey aks Jesus, “Eh, you hear wat dese kids saying? Dass not good!”

But Jesus tell um, “Yeah, I hear um. Wassa matta? You guys neva read wat da Bible say?

¹⁷ Den he go way from dem, an go Betany, da small town outside Jerusalem, an stay ova dea.

Da Fig Tree Dat No Mo Fruit

¹⁸ Da nex morning, wen Jesus was going Jerusalem town one mo time, he wen come real hungry. ¹⁹ He spock one fig tree by da road. He go ova dea, an ony find leafs, no mo fruit notting. He tell um, “You no goin give fruit no moa!” Right den an dea da fig tree wen go dry up.

²⁰ His guys wen see dat. Dey say, “Wow! Quick da fig tree wen dry up!” Dey no can figga dat.

²¹ Jesus tell um, “Az right! An I like tell you guys dis too: If you guys trus God to da max, an no trus ony litto bit same time, you goin do jalike I wen do to dis fig tree. You goin even tell dis mountain ova hea, ‘Eh, get up! Throw yoaself inside da ocean,’ an goin be lidat. ²² Wen you guys pray, everyting you aks God fo do, trus um jalike you get um awready, an dat goin be.”

Wat Right Jesus Get Fo Do Wat He Do?

²³ Den Jesus go inside da temple yard, an teach da peopo. Da main priest guys an da older leadas fo da peopo wen go by him. Dey aks um, “Wat right you get fo do dis kine stuff? Who wen say you can do um?”

²⁴ Jesus tell um, “I like aks you guys one ting. You tell me, an den I tell you guys wat right I get fo do dis kine stuff. ²⁵ Da guy John, wen he wen baptize, wea he wen get da right? God in da sky, he give um da right? O da peopo, dey give um da right? Try tell me dat.”

Da main priest guys wen make argue wit each odda. Dey say, “If we tell him, ‘God in da sky give um da right,’ he goin say, ‘How come you guys neva believe him den?’ ²⁶ But if we say, ‘Da peopo give um da right,’ no way! You know, us guys scared wat da peopo goin do, cuz da peopo tink dat John wen talk fo God.” ²⁷ So dey tell him, “Eh, we donno.”

Den Jesus say, “Kay den, I no goin tell you guys from wea I get da right.”

Da Story Bout Da Two Boys

²⁸ “Wat you guys tink bout da guy who get two boys? He wen tell da first boy, ‘Eh, boy, go work da grape farm today.’

²⁹ “But he say, ‘No. I not going.’ Afta dat da boy feel sorry, so he go work inside da grape farm.

³⁰ “Da fadda tell da odda boy da same ting, an he say, ‘Yeah, I going.’ But he neva go. ³¹ How you guys figga? Wat boy wen do wat da fadda like?”

Dey tell him, “Da first boy, fo shua.”

Den Jesus say, “Dass right! I tell you guys, da guys who collect money fo tax fo da govermen, an da wahines who fool aroun fo money, dey goin get God fo dea King, befo you guys. ³² John Da Baptiza Guy wen teach you guys da right way, an you guys neva believe wat he say. But da tax guys an da wahines who fool aroun fo money, dey wen believe him. You guys wen see dat, an you guys still yet neva come sorry fo all da kine bad stuff you guys wen do an pau do um. No matta you wen see dat dose peopo wen believe him, you guys still yet neva believe him.”

Da Guys Dat Rent One Grape Farm

³³ “Listen to one nodda story so you can learn someting. Dis one bout da guy who wen go plant one grape farm. He make one fence aroun um, an dig one hole inside da groun fo squeeze da grapes, an he build one watch tower. Den he wen rent da grape farm to some farma guys. Den he go far away.

³⁴ “Wen time fo cut da grapes, da boss guy send some worka guys fo get his share from da farma guys. ³⁵ But da farma guys wen grab um, an bus up one guy, an kill anodda, an throw stones at da odda worka guy. ³⁶ Da boss send plenny mo worka guys, mo den befo, an da farmas wen do da same ting to dem, jalike da odda workas.

³⁷ “In da end da boss wen send his boy. He say, ‘Eh, dey goin show respeck fo my boy.’

³⁸ “But wen da farma guys spock da boy, dey tell each odda, ‘Eh, dis da guy goin own da farm. Come, we go kill him an take ova da farm.’ ³⁹ So dey grab da boy, an throw him outside da farm, an kill him.

⁴⁰ “Kay den, wen da boss who own da grape farm come, wat you guys tink he goin do to dem?”

⁴¹ An da leada guys say, “He goin kill da bad guys, an den he goin rent da field to some odda guys, who goin give him his share wen da time come.”

⁴² Den Jesus tell um, “You guys neva read inside da Bible, o wat? bout da stone dass jalike me:

⁴³ “I tell you guys, God goin be King fo odda peopos who do good kine stuff jalike he do, but he no goin be king fo yoa peopo no moa. ⁴⁴ [I da main stone. Da guy who trip an fall down on top dis stone, da stone goin broke him in plenny small pieces. If dis stone fall down on top one guy, da stone goin make him jalike dust.”]

⁴⁵ Wen da main priest guys an da Pharisee guys hear da stories, dey know Jesus was talking bout dem. ⁴⁶ An dey like grab him fo put him inside prison. But dey scared da peopo, cuz da peopo wen tink he one guy who talk fo God.