Mark - Chapter 11

Passage

And when they were drawing near to Jerusalem and to Bethania, at the mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples, And says to them: Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie him and bring him. And if anyone says to you: What are you doing? say that the Lord needs him; and he will send him here at once. And they went and found the colt tied at a gate outside, where two roads meet; and they untie him. And some of those standing there said to them: What are you doing, untying the colt? They answered as Jesus had told them, and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus, and they put their garments on him, and he sat on him. And many spread their garments on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them on the road. And those who went ahead and those who followed cried out, saying: Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest. And he went into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, since it was already evening, he went out to Bethania with the twelve. And the next day when they came out from Bethania, he was hungry. And seeing from far away a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he might find anything on it. And when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he said to it: May no one ever eat fruit from you again! And his disciples heard it. And they came to Jerusalem. And when he had gone into the temple, he began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the chairs of those who sold doves. And he would not let anyone carry a vessel through the temple. And he taught them, saying: Is it not written: My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves. When the chief priests and the scribes heard this, they looked for a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching. And when evening came, he went out of the city. And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. And Peter remembered and said to him: Rabbi, behold, the fig tree that you cursed has withered away. And Jesus answered them: Have faith in God. Amen I say to you, whoever says to this mountain: Be lifted up and thrown into the sea, and does not waver in his heart, but believes that whatever he says shall be done, it shall be done for him. Therefore I say to you, whatever you ask when you pray, believe that you shall receive it, and it shall be yours. And when you stand to pray, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your sins. But if you will not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive you your sins. And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients come to him. And they say to him: By what authority are you doing these things? And who has given you this authority that you should do these things? And Jesus answered them: I will also ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? Answer me. But they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will say: Why then did you not believe him? But if we say, From men, we fear the people. For everyone held that John was truly a prophet. And they answered Jesus: We do not know. And Jesus says to them: Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.