Mark Chapter 11 (NASB)
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As they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples,
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and said to them, 'Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied [there], on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it [here].
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'If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' you say, 'The Lord has need of it'; and immediately he will send it back here.'
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They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they untied it.
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Some of the bystanders were saying to them, 'What are you doing, untying the colt?'
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They spoke to them just as Jesus had told [them], and they gave them permission.
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They brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it.
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And many spread their coats in the road, and others [spread] leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.
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Those who went in front 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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Jesus entered Jerusalem [and came] into the temple; and after looking around at everything, He left for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late.
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On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry.
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Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, 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.
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He said to it, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again!' And His disciples were listening.
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Then 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 doves;
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and He would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple.
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And He [began] to teach and say to them, 'Is it not written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS '? But you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN.'
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The chief priests and the scribes heard [this], and [began] seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
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When evening came, they would go out of the city.
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As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots [up].
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Being reminded, Peter said to Him, 'Rabbi, look, the fig tree which You cursed has withered.'
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And Jesus answered saying to them, 'Have faith in God.
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'Truly 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 is going to happen, it will be [granted] him.
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'Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be [granted] you.
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'Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.
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['But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.]'
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They came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him,
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and [began] saying to Him, 'By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?'
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And Jesus said to them, 'I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and [then] I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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'Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? Answer Me.'
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They [began] reasoning among themselves, saying, 'If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'
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'But shall we say, 'From men '?'-- they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.
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Answering Jesus, they said, 'We do not know.' And Jesus said to them, 'Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.'
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