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Mark 11:30  |  823
Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46  Then
they came to Jer­i­cho. As ­Jesus and
his dis­c i­ples, to­geth­er with a ­l arge ­c rowd,
were leav­i ng the city, a ­blind man, Bar­t i­mae­us
(which ­means “son of Ti­mae­us”), was sit­t ing
by the road­side beg­g ing. 47  When he ­heard that
it was ­Jesus of Naz­a ­reth, he be­gan to ­shout,
“Jesus, Son of Da­v id, have mer­c y on me!”
48  Many re­buked him and told him to be qui­
et, but he shout­ed all the more, “Son of Da­v id,
have mer­c y on me!”
49  Jesus ­stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they ­called to the ­blind man, “Cheer up!
On your feet! He’s call­i ng you.” 50  Throw­i ng his
cloak ­aside, he ­jumped to his feet and came to
Jesus.
51  “What do you want me to do for you?”
Jesus ­asked him.
The ­blind man said, “Rab­bi, I want to see.”
52  “Go,” said ­Jesus, “your ­f aith has ­healed
you.” Im­me­d i­ate­l y he re­ceived his ­sight and
fol­lowed ­Jesus ­a long the road.
thing, but ­since it was al­ready late, he went out
to Beth­a ­ny with the Twelve.
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears
the Temple Courts
12  The
As they ap­proached Je­r u­s a­lem and
came to Beth­pha­ge and Beth­a ­ny at the
Mount of Ol­ives, ­Jesus sent two of his dis­c i­
ples, 2  say­i ng to them, “Go to the vil­lage ­a head
of you, and just as you en­ter it, you will find a
colt tied ­t here, ­which no one has ever rid­den.
Un­t ie it and ­bring it here. 3  If any­one asks you,
‘Why are you do­i ng this?’ say, ‘The Lord ­needs
it and will send it back here short­ly.’ ”
4  They went and ­found a colt out­side in the
street, tied at a door­w ay. As they un­t ied it,
5  some peo­ple stand­i ng ­t here ­a sked, “What are
you do­i ng, un­t y­i ng that colt?” 6  They an­swered
as ­Jesus had told them to, and the peo­ple let
them go. 7  When they ­brought the colt to ­Jesus
and ­t hrew ­t heir ­c loaks over it, he sat on it.
8  Many peo­ple ­spread ­t heir ­cloaks on the road,
while oth­ers ­spread branch­es they had cut in
the ­f ields. 9  Those who went ­a head and ­t hose
who fol­lowed shout­ed, next day as they were leav­i ng Beth­a­
ny, ­Jesus was hun­g ry. 13  See­i ng in the dis­tance
a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had
any ­f ruit. When he ­reached it, he ­found noth­
ing but ­leaves, be­c ause it was not the sea­son
for figs. 14  Then he said to the tree, “May no one
ever eat ­f ruit from you ­again.” And his dis­c i­
ples ­heard him say it.
15  On reach­i ng Je­r u­sa­lem, ­Jesus en­tered the
tem­ple ­c ourts and be­g an driv­i ng out ­t hose
who were buy­i ng and sell­i ng ­t here. He over­
turned the ta­bles of the mon­e y chang­ers and
the bench­e s of ­t hose sell­i ng ­doves, 16  and
would not al­low any­one to car­r y mer­chan­d ise
t hrough the tem­ple ­courts. 17  And as he ­taught
them, he said, “Is it not writ­ten: ‘My ­house will
be ­c alled a ­house of ­prayer for all na­t ions’  c  ?
But you have made it ‘a den of rob­bers.’  d  ”
18  The ­c hief ­priests and the teach­ers of the
law ­heard this and be­gan look­i ng for a way
to kill him, for they ­feared him, be­c ause the
whole ­crowd was ­a mazed at his teach­i ng.
19  When eve­n ing came, ­Jesus and his dis­c i­
ples  e went out of the city.
20  In the morn­i ng, as they went ­a long, they
saw the fig tree with­ered from the ­roots. 21  Pe­
ter re­mem­b ered and said to ­Jesus, “Rab­bi,
look! The fig tree you c ­ ursed has with­ered!”
22  “Have ­f aith in God,” ­Jesus an­s wered.
23  “Tru­ly  f I tell you, if any­one says to this moun­
tain, ‘Go, ­t hrow your­self into the sea,’ and does
not ­doubt in their ­heart but be­l ieves that what
they say will hap­pen, it will be done for them.
24  There­fore I tell you, what­e v­er you ask for in
prayer, be­l ieve that you have re­ceived it, and it
will be ­yours. 25  And when you ­stand pray­i ng,
if you hold any­t hing ­against any­one, for­g ive
them, so that your Fa­t her in heav­en may for­
give you your sins.” [26] g
“Hosanna!  a  ” The Authority of Jesus Questioned
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
11
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord!”  b
10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our
father David!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
11  Jesus en­t ered Je­r u­s a­lem and went into
the tem­ple ­courts. He ­looked ­a round at ev­ery­
a  9 
27  They ar­r ived ­a gain in Je­r u­s a­l em, and
­ hile ­Jesus was walk­i ng in the tem­ple ­courts,
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the ­chief ­priests, the teach­ers of the law and
the el­ders came to him. 28  “By what au­t hor­i­t y
are you do­i ng ­t hese ­t hings?” they ­asked. “And
who gave you au­t hor­i­t y to do this?”
29  Jesus re­plied, “I will ask you one ques­
tion. An­s wer me, and I will tell you by what
au­t hor­i­t y I am do­i ng ­t hese ­t hings. 30  John’s
A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 10    b  9  Psalm 118:25,26   
Isaiah 56:7    d  17  Jer. 7:11    e  19  Some early manuscripts came, Jesus    f  22,23  Some early manuscripts “If
you have faith in God,” Jesus answered, 23 “truly    g  26  Some manuscripts include here words similar to Matt. 6:15.   
c  17