Mark 11:12-19

12 ¹On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry.

13 Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

14 He said to it, "May no one ever * eat fruit from you again!" And His disciples were listening.

Jesus Drives Money Changers from the Temple

15 ²Then they came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves;

16 and He would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple.

17 And He began to teach and say to them, "Is it not written, '³MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS '? ⁴But you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN."

18 The chief priests and the scribes heard this, and ⁵began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for ⁶the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

19 ⁷When evening came, they would go out of the city.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 11:12-14, 20-24: {Matthew 21:18-22}
• 2. Mark 11:15-18: {Matthew 21:12-16; Luke 19:45-47;} John 2:13-16
• 3. Isaiah 56:7
• 4. Jeremiah 7:11
• 5. Matthew 21:46; Mark 12:12; Luke 20:19; John 7:1
• 6. Matthew 7:28
• 7. Matthew 21:17; Mark 11:11; Luke 21:37

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "the doves"
• [b] Lit "a vessel;" i.e. a receptacle or implement of any kind
• [c] Lit "cave"
• [d] I.e. Jesus and His disciples