Mark, Chapter 11 Vs 1-25
The Entry into Jerusalem
1When they drew near to Jerusalem,a to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples2and said to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately on entering it, you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.3If anyone should say to you, 'Why are you doing this?' reply, 'The Master has need of it and will send it back here at once.'"4So they went off and found a colt tethered at a gate outside on the street, and they untied it.5Some of the bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"6They answered them just as Jesus had told them to, and they permitted them to do it.7So they brought the colt to Jesus and put their cloaks over it. And he sat on it.8Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.9Those preceding him as well as those following kept crying out:b
"Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
10Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come!
Hosanna in the highest!"
11He entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with the Twelve.c
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree.*12The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry.d13Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves; it was not the time for figs.14And he said to it in reply, "May no one ever eat of your fruit again!" And his disciples heard it.
Cleansing of the Temple.*15They came to Jerusalem,e and on entering the temple area he began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.16He did not permit anyone to carry anything through the temple area.17Then he taught them saying, "Is it not written:
'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples'?
But you have made it a den of thieves."f
18The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching.19When evening came, they went out of the city.g
The Withered Fig Tree.20h Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots.21Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."22Jesus said to them in reply, "Have faith in God.23Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him.i24Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.j25When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions."