III.
The preparation of the Slave-Savior for His redemptive service
11:1—14:42
A.
Entering into Jerusalem and lodging in Bethany
11:1-11
Mark 11
:1
11:1
1And when they drew near to
aJerusalem, at
bBethphage and
cBethany, at the
dMount of Olives, He
esent two of His disciples,
Mark 11
:2
11:2
And said to them, Go into the village opposite you, and
aimmediately upon entering into it, you will
1find a colt tied, on which
bno man has yet sat; untie it and bring
it.
Mark 11
:3
11:3
And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of it and will immediately send it here again.
Mark 11
:4
11:4
And they went away and found a colt tied by a door, outside on the street, and they untied it.
Mark 11
:5
11:5
And some of the ones standing there said to them, What are you doing untying the colt?
Mark 11
:6
11:6
And they spoke to them even as Jesus had said. And they let them
do it.
Mark 11
:7
11:7
And they brought the
1acolt to Jesus and threw their
2bgarments on it, and He sat on it.
Mark 11
:8
11:8
And many spread their garments in the road, and others
spread 1layers of
2branches full of
3tender leaves, having cut
them out of the fields.
Mark 11
:9
11:9
And those who went before and those who followed cried out, Hosanna! Blessed
is He who comes in the
aname of the Lord!
Mark 11
:10
11:10
Blessed is the coming
akingdom of our father
bDavid! Hosanna in the
chighest!
Mark 11
:11
11:11
And He entered into
aJerusalem, into the temple; and when He had looked around at all things, since the hour was already late, He went
bout to
cBethany with the twelve.
B.
Cursing the fig tree and cleansing the temple
11:12-26
Mark 11
:12
11:12
1And on the next day, when
athey had gone out from Bethany, He became
bhungry.
Mark 11
:13
11:13
And seeing at a distance a
afig tree having leaves, He came
to see if perhaps He would find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing except
bleaves, for it was not the season for figs.
Mark 11
:14
11:14
And He answered and said to it, May
1no one eat fruit from you
2forever! And His disciples heard
it.
Mark 11
:15
11:15
And they came to Jerusalem. And He entered into the
atemple and began to
1cast out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the
bmoney changers and the seats of those who were selling the
cdoves;
Mark 11
:16
11:16
And He would not let anyone carry a vessel through the temple.
Mark 11
:17
11:17
And He
1taught and said to them, Is it not written,"My house shall be called a house of
aprayer for all the nations''? But you have made it a
bden of robbers.
Mark 11
:18
11:18
And the chief priests and the
1scribes heard
this, and they
asought how they might destroy Him, for they feared Him, for all the crowd was
bastounded at His teaching.
Mark 11
:19
11:19
And every day when evening fell, they went
aoutside the city.
Mark 11
:20
11:20
And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the
afig tree
bwithered from the roots.
Mark 11
:21
11:21
And Peter remembered and said to Him,
aRabbi, behold, the fig tree which You cursed has withered.
Mark 11
:22
11:22
And Jesus answered and said to them, Have
afaith in God.
Mark 11
:23
11:23
Truly I say to you that whoever says to this
amountain, Be taken up and cast into the
bsea, and does not
cdoubt in his heart, but believes that what he says happens, he will have it.
Mark 11
:24
11:24
For this
reason I say to you, All things that you pray and
aask, believe that you have received
them, and you will have them.
Mark 11
:25
11:25
And when you
astand praying,
1bforgive, if you have
2anything cagainst anyone, so that your
dFather who is in the heavens may also forgive you your offenses.
Mark 11
:26
11:26
1But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your offenses.
C.
Being tested and examined
11:27—12:44
1.
By the chief priests, scribes, and elders
11:27—12:12
Mark 11
:27
11:27
And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the
atemple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him,
Mark 11
:28
11:28
And said to Him, By what authority do You do these things, or who gave You this
aauthority to do these things?
Mark 11
:29
11:29
And Jesus said to them, I will question you about one thing; answer Me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mark 11
:30
11:30
The abaptism of John, was it from
bheaven or from men? Answer Me.
Mark 11
:31
11:31
And they reasoned with one another saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Why then did you
anot believe him?
Mark 11
:32
11:32
But should we say, From men? — they
afeared the crowd, for all held that
bJohn was really a
cprophet.
Mark 11
:33
11:33
And they answered Jesus and said, We do
1not know. And Jesus said to them,
2Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
