Bede

Throwing off his cloak, Bartimaeus jumped up and came to Jesus.

“Again, he throws away his garment and leaps, who, throwing aside the bands of the world, with unencumbered pace hastens to the Giver of eternal light.”

Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.

“But by the garments of the Apostles, which they put upon it, we may understand the teaching of virtues, or the interpretation of the Scriptures, or the various doctrines of the Church, by which they clothe the hearts of men, once naked and cold and…”

“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

“(ubi sup.) Now we read in the Gospel of John that He fled into a mountain, lest they should make him their king.”

Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

“(ubi sup.) As the time of His Passion approached, the Lord wished to approach to the place of His Passion, in order to intimate that He underwent death of His own accord: wherefore it is said, And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple.”

And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

“(ubi sup.) He speaks of those vessels which were carried there for the purpose of merchandise.”

“Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.

“(ubi sup.) The Gentiles, who have attacked the Church, are in the habit of objecting to us, that we have never had full faith in God, for we have never been able to change mountains.”

“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”

“(ubi sup.) And indeed, when they say, By what authority doest thou these things, they doubt its being the power of God, and wish it to be understood that what He did was the devil's work.”

“I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

“(ubi sup.) The Lord might indeed have confuted the cavils of his tempters by a direct answer, but prudently puts them a question, that they might be condemned either by their silence or their speaking.”

They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

“(ubi sup.) And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?”

But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

“(ubi sup.) It goes on: But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people. They saw then that whatever they answered, they should fall into a snare; fearing to be stoned, they feared still more the confession of the truth.”

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

“(ubi sup.) By the servant who was first sent, we must understand Moses, but they beat him, and sent him away empty, because they angered Moses in the tents. (Ps. 106:6)”

Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

“And again he sent another servant to them, and they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.”

He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

“(ubi sup.) It goes on, And he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; heating some, and killing some. By the third servant and his companions, understand the band of the prophets. But which of the prophets did they not persecute?”

But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

“(ubi sup.) The Lord proves most clearly that the chiefs of the Jews did not crucify the Son of God through ignorance, but through envy; for they understood that this was He to whom it was said, I will give thee the heathen for thine…”

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.

“What will the Lord of the vineyard do, therefore? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others.”

At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.

“(ubi sup.) But the Chief Priests showed that those things which the Lord had spoken were true; which is proved from what follows: And they sought to lay hold on him; for He Himself is the heir, whose unjust death He said was to be…”

But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”

“But knowing their deceit, he said to them: Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I may see it. And they brought it to him.”

So they brought it, and He asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

“And he said to them: Whose image and inscription is this? Those who think the question of the Savior shows his ignorance, and not his design, should learn from the present passage that Jesus could certainly have known whose image was on the coin: but…”

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

“(ubi sup.) Or else; because after proving that the soul remained after death, (for God could not be God of those who did not exist at all,) the resurrection of the body also might be inferred as a consequence, since it had done good and…”

and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than…

“(ubi sup.) He shows when he says, this is greater than all sacrifices, that a grave question was often debated between the scribes and Pharisees, which was the first commandment, or the greatest of the Divine law; that is, some praised offerings and sacrifices, others…”

They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

“(ubi sup.) But they do not only seek for praise from men, but also for gain. Wherefore there follows, Which devour widows' houses, under the pretence of long prayers.”

Jesus began by telling them, “See to it that no one deceives you. Many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.

“(ubi sup.) For many came forward, when destruction was hanging over Jerusalem, saying that they were Christs, and that the time of freedom was now approaching.”

At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

“(ubi sup.) Some however refer this to the time of the Jewish captivity, where many, declaring themselves to be Christs, drew after them crowds of deluded persons; but during the siege of the city there was no Christian to whom the Divine exhortation, not to…”

And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

“By the four winds, He means the four parts of the world, the east, the west, the north, and the south.”

When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.

“(ubi sup.) The Lord who had foretold His Passion, prophesied also of the traitor, in order to give him room for repentance, that understanding that his thoughts were known, he might repent. Wherefore it is said, And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.”