Mark 11

¹Now when they drew near to Jerusalem , to Bethphage and Bethany , at the Mount of Olives , Jesus sent two of his disciples

²and said to them , Go into the village in front of you , and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied , on which no one has ever sat . Untie it and bring it.

³If anyone says to you , Why are you doing this ? say , The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately .

⁴And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street , and they untied it .

⁵And some of those standing there said to them , What are you doing , untying the colt ?

⁶And they told them what Jesus had said , and they let them go .

⁷And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it , and he sat on it .

⁸And many spread their cloaks on the road , and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields .

⁹And those who went before and those who followed were shouting , Hosanna ! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord !

¹⁰Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David ! Hosanna in the highest !

¹¹And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple . And when he had looked around at everything , as it was already late , he went out to Bethany with the twelve .

¹²On the following day , when they came from Bethany , he was hungry .

¹³And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf , he went to see if he could find anything on it . When he came to it , he found nothing but leaves , for it was not the season for figs .

¹⁴And he said to it , May no one ever eat fruit from you again . And his disciples heard it.

¹⁵And they came to Jerusalem . And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple , and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons .

¹⁶And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple .

¹⁷And he was teaching them and saying to them , Is it not written , My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations ? But you have made it a den of robbers .

¹⁸And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him , for they feared him , because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching .

¹⁹And when evening came they went out of the city .

²⁰As they passed by in the morning , they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots .

²¹And Peter remembered and said to him , Rabbi , look ! The fig tree that you cursed has withered .

²²And Jesus answered them , Have faith in God .

²³Truly , I say to you , whoever says to this mountain , Be taken up and thrown into the sea , and does not doubt in his heart , but believes that what he says will come to pass , it will be done for him .

²⁴Therefore I tell you , whatever you ask in prayer , believe that you have received it , and it will be yours .

²⁵And whenever you stand praying , forgive , if you have anything against anyone , so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses .

²⁷And they came again to Jerusalem . And as he was walking in the temple , the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him ,

²⁸and they said to him , By what authority are you doing these things , or who gave you this authority to do them ?

²⁹Jesus said to them , I will ask you one question ; answer me , and I will tell you by what authority I do these things .

³⁰Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man ? Answer me .

³¹And they discussed it with one another , saying , If we say , From heaven , he will say , Why then did you not believe him ?

³²But shall we say , From man ? — they were afraid of the people , for they all held that John really was a prophet .

³³So they answered Jesus , We do not know . And Jesus said to them , Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things .