Matthew 21:15-25

15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the ¹Son of David," they became indignant

16 and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, '²OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"

17 And He left them and went out of the city to ³Bethany, and spent the night there.

The Barren Fig Tree

18 ⁴Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.

19 Seeing a lone ⁵fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He said to it, "No longer shall there ever * be any fruit from you." And at once the fig tree withered.

20 Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, "How did the fig tree wither all at once?"

21 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, ⁶if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen.

22 "And ⁷all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

Authority Challenged

23 ⁸When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him ⁹while He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?"

24 Jesus said to them, "I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

25 "The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?" And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why * did you not believe him?'

Read Chapter Compare

Images for Matthew 21:15-25

Cross References 9

1. Matthew 9:27
2. Psalms 8:2; Matthew 11:25
3. Matthew 26:6; Mark 11:1, 11, 12; Mark 14:3; Luke 19:29; Luke 24:50; John 11:1, 18; John 12:1
4. Matthew 21:18-22: {Mark 11:12-14, 20-24}
5. Luke 13:6-9
6. Matthew 17:20; Mark 11:23; Luke 17:6; James 1:6
7. Matthew 7:7
8. Matthew 21:23-27: {Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8}
9. Matthew 26:55

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "word"