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Mark 11
Chapter summary coming soon.
Verse 1. As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples
Verse 2. and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
Verse 3. If anyone asks, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it shortly.’”
Verse 4. So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,
Verse 5. and some who were standing there asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”
Verse 6. The disciples answered as Jesus had instructed them, and the people gave them permission.
Verse 7. Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.
Verse 8. Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.
Verse 9. The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Verse 10. “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
Verse 11. 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.
Verse 12. The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
Verse 13. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.
Verse 14. Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.
Verse 15. When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
Verse 16. And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
Verse 17. Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Verse 18. When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
Verse 19. And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.
Verse 20. As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
Verse 21. Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
Verse 22. “Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.
Verse 23. “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.
Verse 24. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Verse 25. And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
Verse 27. After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.
Verse 28. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”
Verse 29. “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.
Verse 30. John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”
Verse 31. They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
Verse 32. But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
Verse 33. So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”