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15 When they arrived back in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people buying and selling animals for sacrifices. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,
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On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,
16 and he stopped everyone from using the Temple as a marketplace.
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and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
17 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”
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And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
18 When the leading priests and teachers of religious law heard what Jesus had done, they began planning how to kill him. But they were afraid of him because the people were so amazed at his teaching.
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The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.
19 That evening Jesus and the disciples left the city.
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When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.
20 The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it had withered from the roots up.
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In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
21 Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree on the previous day and exclaimed, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree you cursed has withered and died!”
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Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”
22 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God.
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“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.
23 I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.
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“TrulyI tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.
24 I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.
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Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
25 But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too. ”
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And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
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