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    Mark 11

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    The fig tree is leafy, fruitless, and out of season when Jesus condemns it—a small botanical ambush that Mark leaves standing in the road.

    A colt, a crowd, and a late inspectionvv. 1–11

    Near Bethphage and Bethany, Jesus sends two disciples for a colt that has never been ridden. The arrangement is admirably brief: “The Lord needs it and will return it shortly.” The colt arrives, cloaks are thrown over it, and the road acquires both branches and garments. The crowd shouts about Hosanna and David’s coming kingdom. Jesus enters Jerusalem, inspects the temple courts, and, because it is late, goes out to Bethany with the Twelve. A grand entrance, followed by what is essentially a closing-time look around.

    The fig tree and the temple courtsvv. 12–25

    The next morning Jesus is hungry and sees a fig tree in leaf. It has no fruit, although Mark carefully adds that it is not the season for figs; Jesus answers the tree with a sentence severe enough to make the leaves seem almost insolent. In Jerusalem he then drives out buyers and sellers, overturns tables, and blocks the passage of merchandise through the temple courts. The chief priests and scribes begin looking for a way to kill him, while the crowd remains astonished at his teaching. On the way back, the fig tree is withered from the roots. Peter notices, and Jesus speaks of faith, prayer, forgiveness, and a mountain being thrown into the sea.

    The question that eats its own tailvv. 27–33

    Back in the temple courts, the chief priests, scribes, and elders ask Jesus who authorised his actions. He offers a question about John’s baptism: heaven or men? They deliberate, finding danger in either answer. “From heaven” would expose their unbelief; “from men” would offend the people, who hold John to be a prophet. They settle on “We do not know,” and Jesus gives them precisely the amount of authority-talk promised by that answer: none.

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    1. Mark 11:1As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples

    2. Mark 11:2and 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.

    3. Mark 11:3If anyone asks, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it shortly.’”

    4. Mark 11:4So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,

    5. Mark 11:5and some who were standing there asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

    6. Mark 11:6The disciples answered as Jesus had instructed them, and the people gave them permission.

    7. Mark 11:7Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.

    8. Mark 11:8Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.

    9. Mark 11:9The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”

    10. Mark 11:10“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

    11. Mark 11:11Then 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.

    12. Mark 11:12The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

    13. Mark 11:13Seeing 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.

    14. Mark 11:14Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

    15. Mark 11:15When 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.

    16. Mark 11:16And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

    17. Mark 11:17Then 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.’”

    18. Mark 11:18When 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.

    19. Mark 11:19And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.

    20. Mark 11:20As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

    21. Mark 11:21Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”

    22. Mark 11:22“Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.

    23. 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.

    24. Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

    25. Mark 11:25And 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.”

    26. Mark 11:27After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.

    27. Mark 11:28“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”

    28. 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.

    29. Mark 11:30John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”

    30. Mark 11:31They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

    31. Mark 11:32But if we say, ‘From men’ ...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

    32. Mark 11:33So 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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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 247 passages were voted onto 29 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 24Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
    • 241 John 5:14–15And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
    • 241 John 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
    • 24James 1:5–6Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
    • 24John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
    • 24Matthew 18:19Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.
    • 24John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
    • 24Matthew 7:7–11Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
    • 24Luke 11:9–13So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
    • 24John 16:23–27In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
    • 23Matthew 17:20“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
    • 23Matthew 21:21“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
    • 24James 5:15–18And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
    • 24Luke 18:1–8Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
    • 23Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
    • 23Luke 17:6And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

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