Mark 11:12–25

The Barren Fig Tree

^12aAnd on the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry.

¹³And seeing at a distance a fig tree that had leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

¹⁴And He answered and said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples were listening.

Jesus Drives Merchants from the Temple

^15aThen they ^*came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling ¹doves;

¹⁶and He was not permitting anyone to carry ¹merchandise through the temple.

¹⁷And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘^aMy house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? ^bBut you have made it a robbers’ ¹den.”

¹⁸And the chief priests and the scribes heard this, and ^abegan seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for ^bthe whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

^19aAnd when evening came, ¹they were going out of the city.

^20aAnd as they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

²¹And being reminded, Peter ^*said to Him, “^aRabbi, look, the fig tree which You cursed has withered.”

²²And Jesus answered and ^*said to them, “^aHave faith in God.

²³“^aTruly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says ¹is going to happen, it will be granted him.

²⁴“For this reason I say to you, ^aall things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted to you.

²⁵“And whenever you ^astand praying, ^bforgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.