Mark 11

¹ And when they are drawing near to Jerusalem and to Bethphage and to Bethany, toward the mount of Olives, He is dispatching two of His disciples, ² and He is saying to them, "Go into the village facing you, and straightway, going into it, you will be finding a colt, bound, on which not as yet any man is seated. Loose it and bring it. ³ And if anyone should be saying to you, 'What is this you are doing?' say that 'The Lord has need of it, and straightway He is dispatching it here again.'" ⁴ And they came away and found the colt bound to the door outside on the encircling road, and they are loosing it. ⁵ And some of those standing there said to them, ⁶ What are you doing, loosing the colt? Now they told them according as Jesus said, and they let them take it. ⁷ And they are bringing the colt to Jesus, and they are casting their own garments on it, and He is seated on it. ⁸ And many strew their own garments in the road, yet others, soft foliage, chopping it out of the fields, and strewed it on the road. ⁹ And those preceding and those following cried, saying, "Hosanna! Blessed be He Who is coming in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰ And blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David in the name of the Lord! Hosanna among the highest!" ¹¹ And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the sanctuary. And looking all about, it being already the evening hour, He came out to Bethany with the twelve. ¹² And on the morrow, at their coming out from Bethany, He hungers. ¹³ And perceiving one fig tree from afar having leaves, He came, if, consequently, He will be finding anything on it. And coming to it, He found nothing except leaves, for it was not the season of figs. ¹⁴ And answering, He said to it, "By no means may anyone still be eating fruit of you for the eon." And His disciples heard. ¹⁵ And they are coming into Jerusalem. And Jesus, entering into the sanctuary, begins to cast out those selling and those buying in the sanctuary, and the tables of the brokers and the seats of those selling doves He overturns. ¹⁶ And He did not give leave that anyone may be carrying a vessel through the sanctuary. ¹⁷ And He taught and said to them, "Is it not written that 'My house a house of prayer shall be called, for all nations'? Yet you make it a burglars' cave." ¹⁸ And the chief priests and the scribes hear, and they sought how they should be destroying Him, for they feared Him, for the entire throng was astonished at His teaching. ¹⁹ And whenever it came to be evening, they went out, outside the city. ²⁰ And going by in the morning, they perceived the fig tree withered from the roots. ²¹ And, recollecting, Peter is saying to Him, "Rabbi! Lo! the fig tree which Thou didst curse has withered!" ²² And answering, Jesus is saying to them, "If you have faith of God, ²³ verily, I am saying to you that whosoever may be saying to this mountain, 'Be picked up and cast into the sea', and may not be doubting in his heart, but should be believing that what he is speaking is occurring, it shall be his, whatsoever he may be saying. ²⁴ Therefore I am saying to you, All, whatever you are praying and requesting, be believing that you obtained, and it will be yours. ²⁵ And whenever you may be standing praying, be forgiving, if you have anything against anyone, that your Father also, Who is in the heavens, may be forgiving you your offenses. ²⁶ Now if you are not forgiving, neither will your Father Who is in the heavens be forgiving your offenses." ²⁷ And they are coming again into Jerusalem. And at His walking in the sanctuary, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders are coming to Him, ²⁸ and they said to Him, "By what authority are you doing these things, or who gives you this authority, that you may be doing these things?" ²⁹ Now Jesus, answering, said to them, "I also will be inquiring of you one word, and answer Me, and I will be declaring to you by what authority I am doing these things. ³⁰ The baptism of John - whence was it? Was it of heaven or of men? Answer Me!" ³¹ And they reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should be saying, 'Of heaven', he will be declaring, 'Wherefore then, do you not believe him?' ³² But may we be saying, 'Of men'?" They feared the people, for all had it that John really was a prophet. ³³ And answering Jesus, they are saying, "We are not aware." And answering, Jesus is saying to them, "Neither am I telling you by what authority I am doing these things."