Mark 11:12-21
Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
12 aOn the following day, when they came from Bethany, bhe was hungry. 13 aAnd 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 bit 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 aAnd 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 bthe money-changers and the seats of those who sold cpigeons. 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, a‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But byou have made it a den of robbers.” 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and awere seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because ball the crowd was astonished at his teaching. 19 aAnd when evening came they went out of the city.
The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree
20 aAs they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. 21 And Peter remembered and said to him, a“Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”
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