Jesus enters the temple area and drove out everyone and everything that didn't belong there. God's house was to be a "house of prayer" not a "den of robbers."

Jesus continues ministering to the blind and the lame at the temple while children were shouting "Hosanna to the Son of David." Their praises did not go over very well with the chief priests and the teachers of the law. But God had ordained it and so Jesus did nothing to stop their praise.

Jesus curses a fig tree and we learn that "doubt-free faith" can move mountains! We also learn much about prayer in this passage.

During the days leading up to his arrest, Jesus is questioned by the chief priest, elders of the people, the Pharisees and their disciples, and the Sadducees. Though these religious leaders don't know it, they are actually "inspecting" Jesus for blemishes in the same way that the Passover lambs were being inspected for blemishes. Ultimately, Jesus' questioners were silenced.

Jesus also tells two parables which were rightly understood by the religious leaders as parables against them. Naturally, all they wanted to do was find a way to arrest Jesus.

What does it take to gain entrance into the wedding banquet of the king's son? We learn the answer to this in another parable Jesus tells.