Mark 11:12-26 On the next day, when they were going from Bethany to Jerusalem, Jesus became hungry.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² On the next day, when they were going from Bethany [to Jerusalem], Jesus became hungry. ¹³ Upon seeing in the distance a leafy fig tree, He approached it in hope of finding something on it [to eat]. But when He got there He found nothing but leaves on it, for it was not the season for figs [yet]. ¹⁴ Therefore, He said to the tree, “From now on no one will ever eat fruit from you.” Now His disciples heard Him say this. ¹⁵ Then they entered Jerusalem and Jesus went into the Temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold [animals for sacrifice]. He upset the tables of the cashiers [i.e., those who exchanged foreign coins] and the benches of those who sold pigeons [for sacrifices]. ¹⁶ And He would not [even] allow anyone to carry a container [of goods] through the Temple [area]. ¹⁷ Then He taught them, saying, “Is it not written [Isa. 56:7], ‘My house [i.e., the Temple] will be called a house of prayer for people of all nations’? But [Jer. 7:11 says], ‘You have made it a hideout for thieves.’” ¹⁸ The leading priests and experts in the law of Moses heard this and began looking for some way to kill Jesus, because they were afraid of Him, since the whole crowd was amazed at His teaching. ¹⁹ And each evening He left the city [of Jerusalem, and went to Bethany for the night]. ²⁰ The next morning, [as they returned to the city], they passed by the fig tree and saw that it had withered, clear down to its roots. ²¹ Then Peter remembered [what Jesus had done to the fig tree on a recent occasion], and said to Him, “Rabbi [i.e., Teacher], look, the fig tree you cursed [the other day] has withered up.” ²² Jesus replied to him, “You should have faith in God. ²³ Truly I tell you, whoever will say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the ocean’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he said will happen, he will have his request granted. ²⁴ Therefore I tell you, whatever things you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received them, and you will have every one of them. ²⁵ And whenever you stand praying, forgive whatever [grievance] you might have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you of your sins.” {{Verse ²⁶ is absent from many ancient manuscripts}}.