Mark 11
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1And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples 2and says to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately upon entering into it you will find a colt tied, on which no human has ever yet sat; untie it and bring it. 3And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it, and immediately he sends it back here.' 4And they went away and found the colt tied at the door outside on the street, and they untie it. 5And some of those standing there were saying to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?" 6And they said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go. 7And they bring the colt to Jesus and they cast their garments on it, and he sat upon it. 8And many spread their garments on the road, and others, having cut down branches from the fields, were spreading them on the road. 9And those going before and those following were crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" 11And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple, and having looked around at all things, the hour already being late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. 12And on the next day, as they were coming out from Bethany, he hungered. 13And seeing a fig tree from afar having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he will find anything on it. And coming to it, he found nothing except leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14And answering, Jesus said to it, "May no one eat fruit from you anymore forever." And his disciples were hearing. 15And they come to Jerusalem. And having entered into the temple, Jesus began to cast out those selling and those buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those selling the doves, 16and he would not allow that anyone should carry a vessel through the temple. 17And he was teaching and saying to them, "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." 18And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and they were seeking how they might destroy him; for they feared him, for the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching. 19And when evening came, they were going out of the city. 20And passing by early in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21And Peter, having remembered, says to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed is withered." 22And answering, Jesus says to them, "Have faith in God. 23Truly I say to you that whoever might say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and be cast into the sea,' and might not doubt in his heart but might believe that whatever he might say is happening, it will be to him whatever he might say. 24Because of this I say to you, all things whatever you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be yours. 25And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses. 26But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses. 27And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him, 28and they were saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority that you might do these things?" 29But Jesus answering said to them, "I also will ask you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30The baptism, the one of John, was it from heaven or from men? Answer me." 31And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, "What might we say? If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 32But if we say, 'From men'"—they feared the crowd, for everyone held that John was truly a prophet. 33And answering they say to Jesus, "We do not know." And Jesus answering says to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."
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