Mark 11:12–26

The Barren Fig Tree Is Cursed

¹²The ⁿnext day when they came out from Bethany, He was hungry. ¹³After seeing in the distance a fig ^otree with leaves, He went to find out if there was anything on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. ¹⁴He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit ^pfrom you again!” ^qAnd His disciples ^rheard it.

Cleansing the Temple Complex

¹⁵They came to Jerusalem, ^sand He went into the temple complex ^tand began to throw out those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers’ ^utables and the chairs of those selling doves, ¹⁶and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple complex.

¹⁷Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, ^vMy house ^wwill be called a house of prayer ^xfor all nations? ^yBut you have made it a den of thieves!” ^za18Then the chief priests and the scribes ^bheard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid ^cof Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.

¹⁹And whenever evening came, they would go out of the city.

The Barren Fig Tree Is Withered

²⁰Early ^din the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up. ²¹Then Peter ^eremembered and said to Him, “Rabbi, ^flook! The fig tree that You cursed ^gis withered.”

²²Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God. ^h23•I assure you: ⁱIf anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt ^jin his heart, but believes ^kthat what he says will happen, it will be done for him. ^l24Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray ^mand ask for ⁿ—believe that you have received ^opthem, and you will have them. ²⁵And whenever you stand ^qpraying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive ^rhim, so that your Father ^sin heaven ^twill also forgive ^uyou your wrongdoing. [²⁶But if you don’t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven ^vforgive your wrongdoing.]” ^wx