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The Gospel According to St. Mark

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- Chapter 11 -

(Zechariah 9:9–13; Matthew 21:1–11; Luke 19:28–40; John 12:12–19)
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And when they come near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage, and Bethany, to the Mount of Olives, He sends forth two of His disciples,
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and says to them, “Go away into the village that is in front of you, and immediately, entering into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one of men has sat, having loosed it, bring [it]:
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and if anyone may say to you, Why do you do this? Say that the LORD has need of it, and immediately He will send it here.”
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And they went away, and found the colt tied at the door outside, by the two ways, and they loose it,
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and certain of those standing there said to them, “What do you—loosing the colt?”
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And they said to them as Jesus commanded, and they permitted them.
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And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on it, and He sat on it,
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and many spread their garments in the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way.
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And those going before and those following were crying out, saying, “Hosanna! Blessed [is] He who is coming in the Name of the LORD;
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blessed is the coming kingdom, in the Name of the LORD, of our father David; Hosanna in the highest!”
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And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and having looked around on all things, it being now evening, He went forth to Bethany with the Twelve.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21:18–22; Mark 11:20–25)
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And on the next day, they having come forth from Bethany, He hungered,
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and having seen a fig tree far off having leaves, He came, if perhaps He will find anything in it, and having come to it, He found nothing except leaves, for it was not a time of figs,
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and Jesus answering said to it, “No longer from you—throughout the age—may any eat fruit”; and His disciples were hearing.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

(Matthew 21:12–17; Luke 19:45–48; John 2:12–25)
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And they come to Jerusalem, and Jesus having gone into the temple, began to cast forth those selling and buying in the temple, and He overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those selling the doves,
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and He did not permit that any might carry a vessel through the temple,
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and He was teaching, saying to them, “Has it not been written: My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations? And you made it a den of robbers!”
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And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they will destroy Him, for they were afraid of Him, because all the multitude was astonished at His teaching;
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and when evening came, He was going forth outside the city.

The Withered Fig Tree

(Matthew 21:18–22; Mark 11:12–14)
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And in the morning, passing by, they saw the fig tree having been dried up from the roots,
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and Peter having remembered says to Him, “Rabbi, behold, the fig tree that You cursed is dried up.”
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And Jesus answering says to them, “Have faith from God;
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for truly I say to you that whoever may say to this mountain, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he says come to pass, it will be to him whatever he may say.
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Because of this I say to you, all whatever—praying—you ask, believe that you receive, and it will be to you.
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And whenever you may stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, that your Father who is in the heavens may also forgive you your trespasses;

Jesus’ Authority Challenged

(Matthew 21:23–27; Luke 20:1–8)
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[[and, if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses.”]]
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And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as He is walking, there come to Him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
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and they say to Him, “By what authority do You do these things? And who gave You this authority that You may do these things?”
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And Jesus answering said to them, “I will question you—I also—one word; and answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things;
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the immersion of John—was it from Heaven or from men? Answer Me.”
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And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, “If we may say, From Heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him?
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But if we may say, From men…” They were fearing the people, for all were holding that John was indeed a prophet;
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and answering they say to Jesus, “We have not known”; and Jesus answering says to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
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(Zechariah 9:9–13; Matthew 21:1–11; Luke 19:28–40; John 12:12–19)
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When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage(a) and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
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and said to them, “Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him and bring him.
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If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him back here.”
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They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.
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Some of those who stood there asked them, “What are you doing, untying the young donkey?”
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They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.
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They brought the young donkey to Jesus and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it.
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Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.
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Those who went in front and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna!(b) Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!(c)
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Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
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Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

(Matthew 21:18–22; Mark 11:20–25)
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The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.
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Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
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Jesus told it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” and his disciples heard it.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

(Matthew 21:12–17; Luke 19:45–48; John 2:12–25)
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They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
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He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
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He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? (d) But you have made it a den of robbers!” (e)
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The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
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When evening came, he went out of the city.

The Withered Fig Tree

(Matthew 21:18–22; Mark 11:12–14)
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As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
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Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.”
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Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
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For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, he shall have whatever he says.
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Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
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Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

Jesus’ Authority Challenged

(Matthew 21:23–27; Luke 20:1–8)
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But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.” (f)
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They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him,
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and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”
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Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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The baptism of John—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.”
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They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
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If we should say, ‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
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They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Footnotes

(a)11:1 TR &NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage”
(b)11:9 “Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.
(c)11:9 ℘ Psalms 118:25-26
(d)11:17 ℘ Isaiah 56:7
(e)11:17 ℘ Jeremiah 7:11
(f)11:26 NU omits verse 26.
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