Mark 11:19-33

19 ¹When evening came, they would go out of the city.

20 ²As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.

21 Being reminded, Peter said to Him, "³Rabbi, look, the fig tree which You cursed has withered."

22 And Jesus answered saying to them, "⁴Have faith in God.

23 "⁵Truly I say to you, whoever * says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.

24 "Therefore * I say to you, ⁶all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

25 "Whenever you ⁷stand praying, ⁸forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

26 [ "⁹But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions."]

Jesus' Authority Questioned

27 They came again to Jerusalem. ¹⁰And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him,

28 and began saying to Him, "By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?"

29 And Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

30 "Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? Answer Me."

31 They began reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Then why * did you not believe him?'

32 "But shall we say, 'From men '?"-they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.

33 Answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 21:17; Mark 11:11; Luke 21:37
• 2. Mark 11:12-14, 20-24: {Matthew 21:19-22}
• 3. Matthew 23:7
• 4. Matthew 17:20; Matthew 21:21
• 5. Matthew 17:20; 1 Corinthians 13:2
• 6. Matthew 7:7
• 7. Matthew 6:5
• 8. Matthew 6:14
• 9. Matthew 6:15; Matthew 18:35
• 10. Mark 11:27-33: {Matthew 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8}

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. Jesus and His disciples
• [b]. Early mss do not contain this v
• [c]. Or "if we say"
• [d]. Lit "do I tell"