Mark 11:1–19
11 And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2 and said to them, “Go into the village before you, and right away as you* enter into it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.* 3 And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ saya ‘The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.’ ” 4 And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. 5 And some of those who were standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” 6 So they told them, just as Jesus had said, and they allowed them to take it.b 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and he sat on it. 8 And many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread* leafy branches they* had cut from the fields. 9 And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting,
“Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!c
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”*
11 And he went into Jerusalem to the temple, and after* looking around at everything, because* the hour was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
12 And on the next day as* they were departing from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And when he* saw from a distance a fig tree that had leaves, he went to see if perhaps he would find anything on it. And when he* came up to it he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 And he responded and* said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you any more ⌊forever⌋!”d And his disciples heard it.*
15 And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered into the temple courts* and* began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple courts,* and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling doves. 16 And he did not permit anyone to carry objectse through the temple courts.* 17 And he began to teachf and was saying to them, “Is it not written,
‘My house will be called a house of prayer
for all the nations,’g
but you have made it a cave of robbers!” 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it,* and began consideringh how they could destroy him. For they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was astounded by his teaching. 19 And when evening came they went out of the city.