Matthew 21:12–27

^12rAnd Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the ^stables of the ^tmoneychangers, and the seats of them that sold ^udoves, ¹³And said unto them, It is written, ^xMy house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it ^ya den of ^yythieves. ¹⁴And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. ¹⁵And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, ^zHosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, ¹⁶And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, ^aOut of the mouth of ^bbabes and sucklings thou hast ^cperfected praise? ¹⁷And he left them, and went out of the city into ^dBethany; and he lodged there.

^18eNow in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. ¹⁹And when he saw ^†a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. ^20fAnd when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! ²¹Jesus answered and said unto them, ^gVerily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and ^hdoubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto ⁱthis mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. ²²And ^kall things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

^23lAnd when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, ^mBy what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? ²⁴And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they ^mreasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? ²⁶But if we shall say, Of men; ⁿwe fear the people; for all hold John as ^oa prophet. ²⁷And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.