Mark 11:12-25

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

12 ¹On the following day, when they came from Bethany, ²he was hungry.

13 ³And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for ⁴it was not the season for figs.

14 And he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

15 ⁵And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of ⁶the money-changers and the seats of those who sold ⁷pigeons.

16 And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, ⁸'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But ⁹you have made it a den of robbers."

18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and ¹⁰were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because ¹¹all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

19 ¹²And when evening came they^[a] went out of the city.

The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree

20 ¹³As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.

21 And Peter remembered and said to him, ¹⁴"Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."

22 And Jesus answered them, "Have ¹⁵faith in God.

23 ¹⁶Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ¹⁷'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not ¹⁸doubt in his heart, but ¹⁹believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

24 Therefore I tell you, ²⁰whatever you ask in prayer, ²¹believe that you ²²have received^[b] it, and it will be yours.

25 And whenever ²³you stand praying, ²⁴forgive, ²⁵if you have anything against anyone, so that ²⁶your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."^[c]

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 12-14, see Matthew 21:18, 19
• 2. Matthew 4:2
• 3. [Luke 13:6-9]
• 4. Mark 13:28
• 5. For ver. 15-18, see Matthew 21:12-16; Luke 19:45-47; [John 2:14-16]
• 6. [Exodus 30:13]
• 7. Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7; Leviticus 12:8; Luke 2:24
• 8. Cited from Isaiah 56:7
• 9. Jeremiah 7:11
• 10. See Matthew 21:46
• 11. See Matthew 7:28
• 12. Luke 21:37; [ver. 11]
• 13. For ver. 20-24, see Matthew 21:19-22
• 14. See John 1:38
• 15. Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:9
• 16. Matthew 17:20
• 17. [Psalms 46:2; 1 Corinthians 13:2; Revelation 8:8]
• 18. Romans 4:20; Romans 14:23; James 1:6
• 19. [Mark 16:17; John 14:12]
• 20. See Matthew 7:7
• 21. [See ver. 23 above]
• 22. [Isaiah 65:24; Matthew 6:8]
• 23. Matthew 6:5; Luke 18:11
• 24. See Matthew 6:14
• 25. Colossians 3:13; [Matthew 5:23; Matthew 6:15]
• 26. Matthew 7:11

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