Mark 11:11-25

11 ¹And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, ²he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

12 ³On the following day, when they came from Bethany, ⁴he was hungry.

13 ⁵And 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 ⁶it 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 ⁷And 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 ⁸the money-changers and the seats of those who sold ⁹pigeons.

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, ¹⁰'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But ¹¹you have made it a den of robbers."

18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and ¹²were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because ¹³all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

19 ¹⁴And when evening came they^[a] went out of the city.

The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree

20 ¹⁵As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.

21 And Peter remembered and said to him, ¹⁶"Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."

22 And Jesus answered them, "Have ¹⁷faith in God.

23 ¹⁸Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ¹⁹'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not ²⁰doubt in his heart, but ²¹believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

24 Therefore I tell you, ²²whatever you ask in prayer, ²³believe that you ²⁴have received^[b] it, and it will be yours.

25 And whenever ²⁵you stand praying, ²⁶forgive, ²⁷if you have anything against anyone, so that ²⁸your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."^[c]

Cross References

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