Mark 11:22-33

22 And Jesus answered them, “Have ¹faith in God.

23 ²Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ³‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea, ’ and does not ⁴doubt in his heart, but ⁵believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

24 Therefore I tell you, ⁶whatever you ask in prayer, ⁷believe that you ⁸have received^[a] it, and it will be yours.

25 And whenever ⁹you stand praying, ¹⁰forgive, ¹¹if you have anything against anyone, so that ¹²your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. ” ^[b]

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

27 ¹³And 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, ¹⁴“By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them? ”

29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

30 Was the baptism of John ¹⁵from heaven or from man? Answer me. ”

31 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven, ’ he will say, ¹⁶‘Why then did you not believe him? ’

32 But shall we say, ‘From man’? ”— ¹⁷they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was ¹⁸a prophet.

33 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know. ” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. ”

Cross References

• 1. 11:22 Eph. 3:12; Phil. 3:9
• 2. 11:23 Matt. 17:20
• 3. 11:23 [Ps. 46:2; 1 Cor. 13:2; Rev. 8:8]
• 4. 11:23 Rom. 4:20; 14:23; James 1:6
• 5. 11:23 [ch. 16:17; John 14:12]
• 6. 11:24 See Matt. 7:7
• 7. 11:24 [See ver. 23 above]
• 8. 11:24 [Isa. 65:24; Matt. 6:8]
• 9. 11:25 Matt. 6:5; Luke 18:11
• 10. 11:25 See Matt. 6:14
• 11. 11:25 Col. 3:13; [Matt. 5:23; 6:15]
• 12. 11:25 Matt. 7:11
• 13. 11:27 For ver. 27-33, see Matt. 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8
• 14. 11:28 [Ex. 2:14; John 1:25; Acts 4:7]
• 15. 11:30 Luke 15:18, 21; John 3:27
• 16. 11:31 Matt. 21:32; Luke 7:30
• 17. 11:32 Matt. 14:5; 21:46
• 18. 11:32 [John 5:35]; See Matt. 11:9

Footnotes

• [a] 11:24 Some manuscripts 'are receiving'
• [b] 11:25 Some manuscripts add verse 26: 'But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses'