Matthew 21:12–19

Cleansing the Temple

^12aAnd Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the ^bmoney changers and the seats of those who were selling ^cdoves.

¹³And He ^*said to them, “It is written, ‘^aMy house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a ^brobbers’ ¹den.”

¹⁴And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and ^aHe healed them.

¹⁵But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things which He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, saying, “Hosanna to the ^aSon of David,” they became indignant

¹⁶and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus ^*said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘^aOut of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself’?”

¹⁷And He left them and went out of the city to ^aBethany, and spent the night there.

The Barren Fig Tree

^18aNow in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.

¹⁹And seeing a lone ^afig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He ^*said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.