¹²And on the next day as^* they were departing from Bethany, he was hungry. ¹³And 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. ¹⁴And he responded and^* said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you any more forever!”^d And his disciples heard it.^*

The Cleansing of the Temple

¹⁵And 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. ¹⁶And he did not permit anyone to carry objects^e through the temple courts.^* ¹⁷And he began to teach^f 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!” ¹⁸And the chief priests and the scribes heard it,^* and began considering^h how they could destroy him. For they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was astounded by his teaching. ¹⁹And when evening came they went out of the city.

The Barren Fig Tree Withered

²⁰And as they^* passed by early in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. ²¹And Peter remembered and^* said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!” ²²And Jesus answered and^* said to them, “Have faith in God! ²³Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. ²⁴For this reason I say to you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it,^* and it will be done for you. ²⁵And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him,^* so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your sins.”ⁱ

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Footnotes

*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were departing”)
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came up”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“responded”) has been translated as a finite verb
dLiterally “for the age”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“entered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
eOr “merchandise”
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
fThe imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
gA quotation from Isa 56:7
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
hThe imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began considering”)
*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“passed by”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“remembered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
iMost later Greek manuscripts add v. 26 after v. 25, “But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your sins”