True Bible Answers

Matthew 20: On the road up to Jerusalem, by way of Jericho

Read it →
AFGHANISTANALGERIAAUSTRIAAZERBAIJANBAHRAINBENINBOSNIA AND HERZ.BULGARIABURKINA FASOCHADCYPRUSDJIBOUTIEGYPTERITREAFRANCEGEORGIAGREECEHUNGARYIRANIRAQISRAELITALYJORDANLEBANONLIBYAMALIMALTAMAURITANIAMOROCCONIGERNIGERIAOMANPAKISTANPALESTINEPORTUGALQATARROMANIASAUDI ARABIASERBIASOMALILANDSPAINSUDANSWITZERLANDSYRIATUNISIATURKEYTURKMENISTANUNITED ARAB EMIRATESUZBEKISTANYEMENDead SeaJordanJerusalemJerusalem

Matthew 19:1ESV

Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from and entered the region of beyond the .

ESV

And as Jesus was going up to , he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

ESV

“See, we are going up to . And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death

ESV

And as they went out of , a great crowd followed him.

Matthew 21:1ESV

Now when they drew near to and came to , to the , then Jesus sent two disciples,

Matthew 19
Matthew 21

Jesus tells the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, who are all paid a denarius however long they worked. Then, going up to Jerusalem, he takes the twelve aside and tells them that there the Son of Man will be condemned, crucified and raised on the third day. The mother of the sons of Zebedee asks for her sons to sit at his right and left, and as they go out of Jericho two blind men by the roadside cry out to him and receive their sight.

Map of Matthew 20: On the road up to Jerusalem, by way of Jericho — 2 sites plotted

Regions on this map

Verses 17, 18, 29 and 30: Jerusalem, where Jesus says he is going up to die, and Jericho, which they leave on the way.

  • Verses 17 and 18: the city Jesus is going up to, where he tells the twelve the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes and condemned to death. All 500 votes place it at Jerusalem.

    Today: Jerusalem

  • Verse 29: the town Jesus and the crowd go out of, and verse 30 places the two blind men by the roadside as he passes. All 500 votes put the Jericho of this time at Tell el-Alayiq, in the Jordan valley below Jerusalem.

    Today: Tell el-Alayiq, west of modern Jericho, West Bank

Matthew 20, verse by verse

  1. Matthew 20:17And as Jesus was going up to , he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
  2. Matthew 20:18“See, we are going up to . And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death
  3. Matthew 20:29And as they went out of , a great crowd followed him.