Mark 11
1 And when they were drawing near to Jerusalem and to Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
When they were getting near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on in front, with these instructions.
2 and saith to them, Go to the village over against you; and immediately on entering it ye will find a colt tied, on which no man hath yet sat; loose and bring it.
"Go," He said, "to the village facing you, and immediately on entering it you will find an ass's foal tied up which no one has ever yet ridden: untie him and bring him here.
3 And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord hath need of it, and will immediately send it back hither.
And if any one asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Master needs it, and will send it back here without delay.'"
4 And they went, and found the colt tied by the door without, on the street; and they loose it.
So they went and found a young ass tied up at the front door of a house. They were untying it,
5 And some of those who were standing there said to them, What are ye about, loosing the colt?
when some of the bystanders called out, "What are you doing, untying the foal?"
6 And they said to them as Jesus had commanded; and they let them go.
But on their giving the answer that Jesus had bidden them give, they let them take it.
7 And they bring the colt to Jesus, and put their garments on it; and he sat upon it.
So they brought the foal to Jesus, and threw their outer garments over him; and Jesus mounted.
8 And many spread their garments on the road; and others boughs, having cut them from the fields.
Then many spread their outer garments to carpet the road, and others leafy branches which they had cut down in the fields;
9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, Hosanna! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord!
while those who led the way and those who followed kept shouting "God save Him!" Blessed be He who comes in the Lord's name.
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heavens!
Blessings on the coming Kingdom of our forefather David! God in the highest Heavens save Him!"
11 And he entered Jerusalem, and the temple; and having looked round on all things, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany, with the twelve.
So He came into Jerusalem and into the Temple; and after looking round upon everything there, the hour being now late He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
12 And on the morrow, when they had come from Bethany, he was hungry;
The next day, after they had left Bethany, He was hungry.
13 and seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he went to see whether he might find anything on it; and on coming to it he found nothing but leaves; for the season of figs had not come.
But in the distance He saw a fig-tree in full leaf, and went to see whether perhaps He could find some figs on it. When however He came to it, He found nothing but leaves (for it was not fig time);
14 And he answering said to it, Let no one eat fruit from thee henceforth for ever. And his disciples heard him. (aiōn g165)
and He said to the tree, "Let no one ever again eat fruit from thee!" And His disciples heard this. (aiōn g165)
15 And they come to Jerusalem. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves;
They reached Jerusalem, and entering the Temple He began to drive out the buyers and sellers, and upset the money-changers' tables and the stools of the pigeon-dealers,
16 and he suffered no one to carry any vessel through the temple.
and would not allow any one to carry anything through the Temple.
17 And he taught, and said to them, Is it not written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.”
And He remonstrated with them. "Is it not written," He said, "'My House shall be called The House of Prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it what it now is--a robbers' cave."
18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him; because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
This the High Priests and Scribes heard, and they began to devise means to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because of the deep impression produced on all the people by His teaching.
19 And when it became late, he went out of the city.
When evening came on, Jesus and His disciples used to leave the city.
20 And in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig-tree withered from the roots.
In the early morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree withered to the roots;
21 And Peter remembered and said to him, Rabbi, see! the fig-tree which thou didst curse is withered away.
and Peter, recollecting, said to Him, "Look, Rabbi, the fig-tree which you cursed is withered up."
22 And Jesus answering saith to them, Have faith in God.
Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God.
23 Truly do I say to you, that whoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou taken up, and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith will come to pass, he shall have it.
In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him.
24 Therefore I say to you, All things whatever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye have obtained, and ye shall have them.
That is why I tell you, as to whatever you pray and make request for, if you believe that you have received it it shall be yours.
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one, that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
But whenever you stand praying, if you have a grievance against any one, forgive it, so that your Father in Heaven may also forgive you your offences."
27 And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders;
They came again to Jerusalem; and as He was walking in the Temple, the High Priests, Scribes and Elders came to Him
28 and they said to him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who gave thee this authority to do these things?
and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you authority to do them?"
29 And Jesus said to them, I will ask you one question; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
"And I will put a question to you," replied Jesus; "answer me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.
John's Baptism--was it of Heavenly or of human origin? Answer me."
31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
So they debated the matter with one another. "Suppose we say, 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
32 But shall we say, From men? They feared the people; for all regarded John as truly a prophet.
Or should we say, 'human?'" They were afraid of the people; for all agreed in holding John to have been really a Prophet.
33 And they answered and said to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus saith to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."
