Mark 11

Chapter 11

The Triumphal Entry

^1aAs they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and ^bBethany, near ^cthe Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples,

²and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.

³“If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he ¹will send it back here.”

⁴They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they untied it.

⁵Some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”

⁶They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission.

^7aThey brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it.

⁸And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.

⁹Those who went in front and those who followed were shouting:

“Hosanna!

^aBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;

¹⁰Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David;

Hosanna ^ain the highest!”

^11aJesus entered Jerusalem and came into the temple; and after looking around at everything, ^bHe left for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late.

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

¹³Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, 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.

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

Jesus Drives Money Changers 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 would not permit 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.”

¹⁸The 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.

^19aWhen evening came, ¹they would go out of the city.

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

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

²²And Jesus answered saying 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 is going to happen, it will be granted him.

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

²⁵“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.

²⁶“^1aBut if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.”

Jesus’ Authority Questioned

²⁷They came again to Jerusalem. ^aAnd as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him,

²⁸and began saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?”

²⁹And Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

³⁰“Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? Answer Me.”

³¹They began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

³²“But ¹shall we say, ‘From men’?”—they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.

³³Answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Nor ¹will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”