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Mark 11:11Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciplesCopy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:22and said to them, “Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:33If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:44So they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:55Some people standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying that colt?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:66They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:77Then they brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:88Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:99Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1010Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1111Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1212Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1313After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1414He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1515Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1616and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1717Then he began to teach them and said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations ’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1818The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:1919When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:2020In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:2121Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:2222Jesus said to them, “Have faith in God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:2323I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:2424For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:2525Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:2727They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to himCopy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:2828and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:2929Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:3030John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from people? Answer me.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:3131They discussed with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:3232But if we say, ‘From people—’” (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Mark 11:3333So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
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