Mark 11–12

And ^awhen they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and ^bBethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, ²and saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find ^ca colt tied, ^dwhereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. ³And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. ⁴And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. ⁵And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? ⁶And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. ^7eAnd they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. ⁸And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. ⁹And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; ^fBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: ¹⁰Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. ^11gAnd Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto ^bBethany with the twelve.

^12hAnd on the morrow, when they were come from ^bBethany, he was hungry: ¹³and seeing a ⁱfig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. ¹⁴And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. ^jAnd his disciples heard it.

^15kAnd they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; ¹⁶and would not suffer that any man should carry any ^lvessel through the temple. ¹⁷And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, ^mMy house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it ⁿa den of thieves. ^18oAnd the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because ^pall the people was astonished at his doctrine. ¹⁹And when even was come, he went out of the city.

^20qAnd in the morning, as they passed by, they saw ^rthe fig tree dried up from the roots. ²¹And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. ²²And Jesus answering saith unto them, ^sHave faith in God. ²³For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. ²⁴Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. ²⁵And when ye ^tstand praying, ^uforgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. ^26xBut if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

²⁷And they come again to Jerusalem: ^yand as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, ²⁸and say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? ²⁹And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. ³¹And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? ³²But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. ³³And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

XII.And ^ahe began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. ²And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. ³And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. ⁵And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. ⁶Having yet therefore one son, ^bhis wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. ⁷But those husbandmen said amongst themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. ⁸And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ^9cWhat shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. ¹⁰And have ye not read this scripture; ^dThe stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: ¹¹this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? ^12eAnd they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: ^fand they left him, and went their way.

^13gAnd they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to ^ggcatch him in his words. ¹⁴And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God ^hin truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not? ¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why ⁱtempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. ¹⁶And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and ^jsuperscription? And they said unto him, Cesar’s. ¹⁷And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.

¹⁸Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, ¹⁹Master, Moses wrote unto us, ^kIf a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. ²⁰Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. ²¹And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. ²²And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. ²³In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. ²⁴And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? ²⁵For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. ²⁶And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how ^lin the bush God spake unto him, saying, ^mI am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? ²⁷He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

²⁸And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them ^mmwell, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? ²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, ⁿHear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: ³⁰and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. ³¹And the second is like, namely this, ^oThou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. ³²And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said ^pthe truth: for there is one God; ^qand there is none other but he: ³³and to love him with all the heart, and with all ^rthe understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, ^sis more than all ^twhole burnt offerings and sacrifices. ³⁴And when Jesus ^usaw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. ^xAnd no man after that durst ask him any question.

^35yAnd Jesus answered and said, ^zwhile he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? ³⁶For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, ^aThe Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. ³⁷David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people ^bheard him gladly.

^38cAnd he said unto them in his doctrine, ^dBeware of the scribes, which love to go in ^elong clothing, and love ^fgsalutations in the marketplaces, ³⁹and ^fthe chief seats in the synagogues, and ^fgthe uppermost rooms at feasts: ^40hwhich devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

⁴¹ⁱAnd Jesus sat over against ^kthe treasury, and beheld how the people cast money ^linto the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. ⁴²And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make ^ma farthing. ⁴³And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ⁿthis poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into ^klthe treasury: ⁴⁴for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her ^owant did cast in all that she had, even ^pall her living.

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