Mark:11

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* And when they drew near to Jerusalem , to Bethphage and Bethany , towards the Mount of Olives , He sent two of His disciples ; * and He said to them , "Go into the village opposite you ; and immediately entering into it you will find a colt tied up on which no one has sat . When you have untied him , bring [him ]. * And if anyone says to you , 'Why are you doing this ?' say , 'The Lord has need of him ,' and immediately he will send it here ." * And they departed , and found the colt tied up by the door outside in the street , and they untied him . * But some of those standing there said to them , "What are you doing , loosing the colt ?" * And they told them just as Jesus had commanded . And they gave them permission . * Then they led the colt to Jesus , and placed their clothes on him , and He sat on him . * And many spread their garments on the road , and others were cutting down branches from the trees and were spreading [them ] on the road . * And those going before , and those that were [ ]following were crying out , saying : "Hosanna ! 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD !' * Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name of the Lord ! Hosanna in the highest !" * And Jesus entered into Jerusalem , and into the temple . And having looked around at all things , the hour already being late , He went out to Bethany with the twelve . * Now the next day , after they had come out from Bethany , He was hungry . * And seeing from a distance a fig tree having leaves , He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it . And having come to it , He found nothing but leaves , for it was not the season for figs . * And answering , Jesus said to it , "May no one eat fruit from you ever again ."And His disciples were listening . * And they came to Jerusalem . And when Jesus entered into the temple , He began to throw out those selling and buying in the temple , and He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those selling the doves . * And He would not permit that anyone should carry a vessel through the temple . * And He was teaching , saying to them , "Is it not written , 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations '? But you have made it a 'den of thieves !' " * And the scribes and chief priests heard it and they sought how they might destroy Him ; for they were afraid of Him , because all the people were astonished at His teaching . * And when it became evening , He was going forth outside of the city . * Now in the morning while passing by , they saw the fig tree dried up from [its ] roots . * And Peter , remembering , said to Him , "Rabbi , look ! The fig tree which You cursed has dried up !" * So Jesus answered and said to them , "Have faith in God . * For assuredly 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 the things which he says are coming to pass , whatever he says shall be his . * For this reason I say to you , all things whatsoever you ask for in prayer , believe that you [will ] receive [them ], and they will be yours . * "And whenever you stand praying , if you have anything against anyone , forgive [them ], that your Father in heaven may forgive you your trespasses . * But if you do not forgive , neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses ." * Then they came again to Jerusalem . And as He was walking about in the temple , the chief priests , the scribes , and the elders came to Him . * And they said to Him , "By what authority are You doing these things ? And who gave You this authority to do these things ?" * But Jesus answered and said to them , "I also will ask you one thing , and you answer Me , and I will tell you by what authority I do these things : * The baptism of John-was it from heaven or from men ? Answer Me ." * And they were debating among themselves , saying , "If we say , 'From heaven ,' He will say , 'Why then did you not believe him ?' * "But should we say , 'From men ' "-they feared the people , for all had counted John to have been a prophet indeed . * And answering they said to Jesus , "We do not know ."And Jesus answered and said to them , "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things ."

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