Chapter Eleven
And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples and says to them,
“Go into the village opposite you, and immediately entering it you’ll find a foal tied up, on which no man has sat; having loosed it, lead it away. And if anyone says to you ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it’, and at once he’ll send it here.”
And they departed and found the foal tied by the door, outside by the crossroads, and they loose it. And some of those standing there said to them,
“What are you doing loosing the foal?”
And they said to them as Jesus had instructed, and they let them. And they led the foal to Jesus. And they threw their clothes on it and he sat on it. And many spread their clothes on the road, and others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And those going before and those following were crying out saying,
“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom which comes in the name of the Lord of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”
And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple, and having looked round about on all things, the hour being already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
And the next day, when they had gone out from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree far off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he would find anything on it. And having come to it he found nothing except leaves, for it was not the time of figs. And answering Jesus said to it,
“Let no one eat fruit of you any more for ever!”
And his disciples heard.
And they came to Jerusalem, and Jesus, having entered into the temple, began to throw out those selling and buying in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling the pigeons, and did not let anyone carry a vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying to them,
“Hasn’t it been written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you’ve made it a robbers’ cave!”
And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they sought how they might destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the crowd were amazed at his teaching. And when evening came he went out of the city.
And in the morning, passing by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter, having remembered, says to him,
“Rabbi, look, the fig tree which you cursed has dried up!”
And answering, Jesus says to them,
“Have faith in God! For truly I’m telling you that whoever will say to this mountain, ‘Be taken away and be thrown into the sea’ and shall not doubt in his heart, but will believe that what he says happens, there will be to him whatever he says. Because of this I’m telling you, all things whatever you ask praying, believe that you receive and they will be to you. And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive your offences. For if you don’t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your offences.”
And they come again to Jerusalem. And in the temple, as he is walking, and the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him, and they say to him,
“By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority to do these things?”
And Jesus, answering, said to them,
“I too will ask you one thing, and answer me and I’ll tell you by what authority I’m doing these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? Answer me!”
And they debated among themselves saying,
“If we say ‘from heaven’ he’ll say ‘Why then didn’t you believe him?’ But if we say ‘From men’...” They feared the people, for all held that John was indeed a prophet.
And answering, they say to Jesus,
“We don’t know!”
And Jesus answering says to them,
“Neither am I telling you by what authority I’m doing these things!”
