Mark 11

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As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples

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and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

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If anyone asks, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it shortly.’”

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So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,

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Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.

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Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.

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The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”

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“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

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Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

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The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

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Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.

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a fig tree The fig-tree , ףץךוח [Strong's G4808] , is a genus of the polygamia triזcia class of plants , seldom rising above twelve feet , but sending off from the bottom many spreading branches. The leaves are of a dark green colour , nearly a span long , smooth , and irregularly divided into from three to five deep rounded lobes; and the fruit grows on short and thick stalks , of a purplish colour , and contains a soft , sweet , and fragrant pulp , intermixed with numerous small seeds.

for Dr. Campbell observes , that the declaration , "for the time of (ripe , Ed.) figs was not yet ," is not the reason why our Lord did not find any fruit on the tree , because the fig is of that class of vegetables in which the fruit is formed in its immature state before the leaves are seen. But as the fruit is of a pulpy nature , the broad , thick leaves come out in profusion to protect it from the rays of the sun during the time it is ripening. If the words , "for the time ," etc. however , are read as a parenthesis , they then become a reason why Jesus Christ should look for fruit , because the season for gathering not having fully come , it would remove all suspicion that the fruit had been gathered . while the presence of the leaves incontestably proved the advance of the tree to the state in which fruit is found.

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Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

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Mark 11:15

When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

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Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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of all nations the house of prayer or , an house of prayer for all nations

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When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

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And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.

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As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

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they saw Matthew informs us that this tree grew by the way-side , and was therefore not private , but public property; so that the destruction of it really injured no one. Our Lord was pleased to make use of this miracle to prefigure the speedy ruin of the Jewish nation , on account of its unfruitfulness under greater advantages than any other people enjoyed at that day; and , like all the rest of his miracles , it was done with a gracious intention , to alarm his countrymen , and induce them to repent.

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Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”

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Mark 11:22

“Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.

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Mark 11:23

“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

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Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”

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After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.

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Mark 11:28

“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”

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Mark 11:29

“I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

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question or , thing

Mark 11:30

John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”

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Mark 11:31

They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

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Mark 11:32

But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

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Mark 11:33

So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

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