Mark 11 Now when they are drawing near unto Jerusalem – close unto Bethphage and Bethany, facing toward the Mount of Olives – He is in process of dispatching two of His disciples

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Now when they are drawing near unto Jerusalem – [close] unto Bethphage and Bethany, facing toward the Mount of Olives – He is in process of dispatching two of His disciples ² and says to them, "Be now going into the village down in the place opposite of you [two], and immediately continuing on your way into it, you will proceed in finding a colt having been tied up (or: bound; tethered) upon which not even one human has yet sat (= which has never been ridden). Loose it at once and proceed in bringing it. ³ "And if anyone should say to you, 'What is this you are proceeding to do (or: Why are you men in process of doing this)?' say, 'The Lord (The Master; perhaps = Yahweh; or: = the owner) is presently having need of it, and He (or: he) continues to at once send it off back here.'" ⁴ So they went off and found a colt having been tied up (tethered), facing a door (or: gate), outside on the open street that goes both ways, and they engage in loosing it. ⁵ Then some of those standing there began saying to them, "What are you men doing in loosing the colt?" ⁶ Now they said to them accordingly as Jesus had told them, so they let them depart. ⁷ So they are progressively bringing the colt toward Jesus, then they, one after another, throw their cloaks or outer garments upon it, and He sat upon (or: mounted) it. ⁸ Next many folks at once spread their own cloaks and outer garment into the road (path; way), yet others began cutting or chopping soft foliage (leafy twigs and boughs; reeds; field grasses) from out of the trees, large bushes and fields, and continued spreading [them] into the road. ⁹ Then those progressively leading the way, as well as those continuing in following behind, began crying out and were repeatedly exclaiming, "Hosanna [Aramaic word: Please save and deliver us now]!" "Blessed and praised in having received the good word and message of ease and wellness [is] the One progressively coming in [the] Name of [the] Lord (or: within [the] Owner's Name; = in union with Yahweh's Name [signifying His authority and character])!" ¹⁰ "Blessed and praised in having received the good word and message of ease and wellness [is] the progressively coming kingdom (or: the continually advancing reign) of our father David!" "Hosanna (= O deliver us now) within the midst of the highest [realms, or places]!" (or: "O [You] within the heights above, please save us now!") [Ps. 118:25-26] ¹¹ So Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and then on, into the temple grounds (or: courts). And, upon glancing around upon everything (or: after looking all about), He went out into Bethany with the twelve, since the hour was already being late (= evening had come). ¹² Then on the morrow (or: the next day), at their coming out, away from Bethany, He became hungry. ¹³ And from afar (= in the distance) having seen a fig tree having leaves, He went [to it], assuming He will be finding something in it (or: on it). But coming upon it, He found nothing except leaves, for it was not being the season of (or: fitting situation for) figs. [note: on fig trees, a few first-fruit figs normally come before the tree fully leafs out, but the main harvest of figs comes later] ¹⁴ Then, after considering, He said to it, "It is likely that no one may eat fruit out of (or: forth from) you, on into the Age." Now His disciples had been listening, and heard. ¹⁵ Now they proceeded on into Jerusalem, and upon entering into the temple courts and grounds, He started to one-by-one throw (cast; drive) out those habitually selling, and those regularly buying or doing business as in a marketplace (= the merchants and their customers) within the midst of the temple courts and grounds. Then He overturned and upset the tables belonging to the money-changers as well as the seats (chairs; benches) of those constantly selling the doves (or: pigeons). [cf Mt. 21:12; Zech. 14:21 in ESV or CVOT] ¹⁶ Further, He was not allowing that anyone should carry merchandise, vessels, furniture or utensils through the midst of the temple courts or grounds [e.g., to use that area as a short-cut between the shops and their houses; also: cf Targum Zech. 14:21]. ¹⁷ Next He began teaching, and kept on saying, "Has it not been written, 'My house will continue being called a house of prayer to, for and amidst all the ethnic multitudes and nations (or: non-Jews; Gentiles; = pagans) '? [Isa. 56.7] "Yet you, yourselves, have made it ‘a cave of robbers (or: a den of highwaymen, bandits, pirates and violent ones).'" [cf Jer. 7:11-15; a "prophecy of... destruction" – Chilton, p 231] ¹⁸ Now the chief (or: ranking) priests and the scribes (experts in the Law; theologians) heard [about this] and began continuously trying to find how they could (or: should) destroy Him, for you see, they continued fearing Him, because all the crowd (or: the entire throng) was continually being struck from, and astounded (astonished) at, His teaching. ¹⁹ And then, when it became late [in the day] (= evening), they were proceeding out on their way, outside the city. ²⁰ Then, while passing by early [in the morning], they noticed the fig tree being withered, having been dried out from [its] roots. ²¹ And so Peter, remembering (it being called back up in his mind), is then saying to Him, "Rabbi (Teacher), see the fig tree which You Yourself brought a vow down on (or: prayed down upon; called down a curse on) has been dried out and is withered!" ²² Then from considering, Jesus proceeds saying to them, "Be constantly holding God's faith (or: Be habitually having trust which has its source in God; or, reading the genitive as in apposition, with the verb as an indicative: You men continue possessing confidence which is God)! ²³ "Indeed, I am now saying (or: I am truly saying now) that whoever may say to this mountain (or: in this mountain), 'Be picked up, and be cast (thrown) into the midst of the sea,' and may not be undecided or be divided in his discernment or judgment within his heart, but to the contrary, can (or: may; would) continuously trust and believe with confidence that what he is speaking is progressively occurring (or: birthing itself; coming into existence), it will proceed being [thus] for him (or: by him; to him; in him; with him). ²⁴ "Because of this (or: Through this) I now say to you folks, All things (Everything) – as much or many as you are habitually praying and repeatedly requesting – be constantly trusting and believing that you received or obtained [them], and it will continue existing for you folks (proceed being in you people, with you folks as well as to or by you). ²⁵ "And whenever you are normally standing (or: repeatedly take a stand), being folks constantly thinking, speaking or acting with a view toward goodness and well-being (or: being ones in the habit of praying), continue habitually letting flow away whatever you folks are continuing to hold down on someone (or: be repeatedly forgiving {abandoning [it]; sending [it] away} if you still have anything against anyone), to the end that your Father, also – the One within the midst of the heavens (or: in union with the atmospheres) – should let flow away (may at once forgive and send away) the effects of your trespasses (offenses) in you (for you)." [note: vs. 26 omitted by Nestle-Aland, Westcott & Hort, Panin, Tasker – following Aleph, B, L, W, D & Y] ²⁶ [following A, (C, D), Q & later MSS: "So if you folks are not habitually forgiving and letting {things} flow away, neither will your Father – the One within the midst of the heavens – continue to forgive and send away the effects of your trespasses (offenses)."] ²⁷ Later, they proceed coming again into Jerusalem. Then, during His progressively walking around within the midst of the temple grounds (or: courts), the chief (or: ranking) priests, the scribes (theologians; experts in the Law; scholars) and the elders (or: older men) proceed to be coming toward Him, ²⁸ and they began saying to Him, "Within what authority are you continuing to do these things and engage in these activities?" ²⁹ So Jesus said to them, "I Myself will proceed also asking you men one word (one question from reasoned thought; = one point). You folks respond to me from your considered deliberation (or: decided opinion), and I will continue saying to you within what authority I continue doing these things and engaging in these activities: ³⁰ "The immersion [performed] by John (or: John's baptism): was it from out of heaven (or: from [the] atmosphere), or forth from humans, as a source? Give to me a decided reply (or: a definite answer)." ³¹ So they began reasoning with themselves in face to face dialogues, eventually saying, "If we should say, 'From out of heaven (or: atmosphere),' he will proceed in saying, 'Why (Through what reasoning or situation), then, did you men not trust him (or: it) or believe in him (or: it)?' ³² "But on the other hand, should we say, 'Forth from humans'?" They had been fearing the crowd, for everyone (all [the] folks) continued holding John as being real – that he was a prophet (or: progressively had it that John in reality was a prophet), ³³ and so, giving a considered response, they proceed saying to Jesus, "We have not seen (have not perceived; have not been aware), so we do not know." Then Jesus, with a decided reply, proceeds to say to them, "Neither am I Myself now laying out My thoughts in saying to you within what authority or right I continue doing these things and engaging in these activities."