Mark 11:18-28

18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and ¹were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because ²all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

19 ³And when evening came they^[a] went out of the city.

The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree

20 ⁴As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.

21 And Peter remembered and said to him, ⁵"Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."

22 And Jesus answered them, "Have ⁶faith in God.

23 ⁷Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ⁸'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not ⁹doubt in his heart, but ¹⁰believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

24 Therefore I tell you, ¹¹whatever you ask in prayer, ¹²believe that you ¹³have received^[b] it, and it will be yours.

25 And whenever ¹⁴you stand praying, ¹⁵forgive, ¹⁶if you have anything against anyone, so that ¹⁷your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."^[c]

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

27 ¹⁸And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,

28 and they said to him, ¹⁹"By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?"

Cross References

• 1. See Matthew 21:46
• 2. See Matthew 7:28
• 3. Luke 21:37; [ver. 11]
• 4. For ver. 20-24, see Matthew 21:19-22
• 5. See John 1:38
• 6. Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:9
• 7. Matthew 17:20
• 8. [Psalms 46:2; 1 Corinthians 13:2; Revelation 8:8]
• 9. Romans 4:20; Romans 14:23; James 1:6
• 10. [Mark 16:17; John 14:12]
• 11. See Matthew 7:7
• 12. [See ver. 23 above]
• 13. [Isaiah 65:24; Matthew 6:8]
• 14. Matthew 6:5; Luke 18:11
• 15. See Matthew 6:14
• 16. Colossians 3:13; [Matthew 5:23; Matthew 6:15]
• 17. Matthew 7:11
• 18. For ver. 27-33, see Matthew 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8
• 19. [Exodus 2:14; John 1:25; Acts 4:7]

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts he
• [b]. Some manuscripts are receiving
• [c]. Some manuscripts add verse 26: But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses