Mark 11:11-26 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Mark 11:11-26

11 ^aAnd Jesus entered Jerusalem and came into the temple; and after looking around at everything, ^bHe left for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late.

The Barren Fig Tree

12 ^aAnd on the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry. 13 And seeing at a distance a fig tree that had leaves, 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 And He answered and said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples were listening.

Jesus Drives Merchants from the Temple

15 ^aThen 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 ¹doves; 16 and He was not permitting anyone to carry ¹merchandise through the temple. 17 And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘^aMy house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? ^bBut you have made it a robbers’ ¹den.” 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard this, and ^abegan seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for ^bthe whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
19 ^aAnd when evening came, ¹they were going out of the city.
20 ^aAnd as they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 And being reminded, Peter *said to Him, “^aRabbi, look, the fig tree which You cursed has withered.” 22 And Jesus answered and *said to them, “^aHave faith in God. 23 ^aTruly 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 ¹is going to happen, it will be granted him. 24 For this reason I say to you, ^aall things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted to you. 25 And whenever you ^astand praying, ^bforgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. 26 ¹[^aBut if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.”]