Hosanna to the Son of David

Matthew 21:1–22:33; John 12:12–19Jesus enters Jerusalem riding a donkey's colt, and the crowds greet him with shouts of Hosanna, spreading their cloaks and palm branches in the road. The next morning, he curses a fig tree with no fruit and clears the temple courts for the second time in this harmony, even as children keep crying out the same praise that unsettled the chief priests the day before. When the religious leaders demand to know by what authority he's doing all this, he answers with three parables — about two sons, wicked tenants, and a wedding banquet no one wants to attend — before Pharisees and Sadducees take turns trying to trap him with questions about taxes and resurrection.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Matthew 21:1–22:33; John 12:12–19 (the Triumphal Entry, the cleansing of the temple, three parables of judgment, and questions about taxes and the resurrection).