Mark 11 - Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

The Triumphal Entry

11 When^(A) they approached Jerusalem,^(B) at Bethphage and Bethany^(C) near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples ²and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. ³If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’”

⁴So they went and found a colt outside in the street, tied by a door. They untied it, ⁵and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” ⁶They answered them just as Jesus had said; so they let them go.

⁷They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes on it, and he sat on it. ⁸Many people spread their clothes on the road,^(D) and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields.^[a] ⁹Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted:

Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes
in the name^(E) of the Lord!^[b]^(F)
¹⁰Blessed is the coming kingdom^(G)
of our father David!^(H)
Hosanna^(I) in the highest heaven!

¹¹He went into Jerusalem^(J) and into the temple.^(K) After looking around at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany^(L) with the Twelve.

The Barren Fig Tree Is Cursed

¹²The^(M) next day when they went out from Bethany, he was hungry. ¹³Seeing in the distance a fig^(N) tree with leaves, he went to find out if there was anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs. ¹⁴He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit^(O) from you again!”^(P) And his disciples^(Q) heard it.

Cleansing the Temple

¹⁵They came to Jerusalem,^(R) and he went into the temple^(S) and began to throw out those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers^(T) and the chairs of those selling doves, ¹⁶and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple. ¹⁷He was teaching them: “Is it not written,^(U) My house^(V) will be called a house of prayer^(W) for all nations?^[c] But you have made it a den of thieves!”^[d]^(X)

¹⁸The chief priests and the scribes^(Y) heard it and started looking for a way to kill him. For they were afraid^(Z) of him, because the whole crowd was astonished by his teaching.

¹⁹Whenever evening came, they would go out of the city.

The Barren Fig Tree Is Withered

²⁰Early^(AA) in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up. ²¹Then Peter^(AB) remembered and said to him, “Rabbi,^(AC) look! The fig tree that you cursed^(AD) has withered.”

²²Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.^(AE) ²³Truly I tell you,^(AF) if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt^(AG) in his heart, but believes^(AH) that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.^(AI) ²⁴Therefore I tell you, everything you pray^(AJ) and ask for^(AK)—believe that you have received^[e]^(AL) it and it will be yours. ²⁵And whenever you stand^(AM) praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive^(AN) him, so that your Father^(AO) in heaven^(AP) will also forgive^(AQ) you your wrongdoing.”^[f]

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

²⁷They^(AR) came again to Jerusalem.^(AS) As he was walking in the temple,^(AT) the chief priests, the scribes,^(AU) and the elders^(AV) came ²⁸and asked him, “By what authority^(AW) are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do these things?”

²⁹Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question;^(AX) then answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰Was John’s baptism^(AY) from heaven or of human origin? Answer me.”

³¹They discussed it among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe^(AZ) him?’ ³²But if we say, ‘Of human origin’”—they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was truly a prophet.^(BA) ³³So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Footnotes

11:8 Other mss read others were cutting leafy branches from the trees and spreading them on the road
11:9 Ps 118:26
11:17 Is 56:7
11:17 Jr 7:11
11:24 Some mss read you receive; other mss read you will receive
11:25 Some mss include v. 26: “But if you don’t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing.”

Cross references

11:1–11 : Mt 21:1–11; Lk 19:28–44; Jn 12:12–19
11:1 : Mt 23:37; Ac 8:1
11:1 : Mt 26:6; Lk 24:50; Jn 11:1,18; 12:1
11:8 : Mk 8:27
11:9 : Jn 10:25
11:9 : Lk 1:42; Heb 6:14
11:10 : Mk 1:15; 9:1
11:10 : Lk 1:27; Ac 2:29; 4:25
11:10 : Mk 11:9
11:11 : Mt 23:37
11:11 : Ac 21:26
11:11 : Mk 11:1
11:12–19 : Mt 21:12–19; Lk 19:45–48
11:13 : Lk 6:44; Jn 1:48
11:14 : Mt 3:8; 7:16–21
11:14 : Jr 8:13
11:14 : Mk 10:10
11:15 : Mt 23:37
11:15 : Ac 21:26
11:15 : Jn 2:15
11:17 : Mk 1:2; Ac 15:15
11:17 : Lk 11:51; Jn 2:17
11:17 : Ac 12:5; 16:13
11:17 : Jr 7:11
11:18 : Mt 2:4
11:18 : Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7
11:20–25 : Mt 21:19–22
11:21 : Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32
11:21 : Jn 11:8
11:21 : Jms 3:9
11:22 : Mt 17:20
11:23 : Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21
11:23 : Ac 10:20
11:23 : Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8–10
11:23 : Mk 9:23; Jn 11:22
11:24 : Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12
11:24 : Jn 14:13; Jms 1:5
11:24 : Mt 7:8
11:25 : Lk 18:11
11:25 : Mt 6:12; 9:2
11:25 : Mt 5:16; Lk 11:13
11:25 : Mt 6:1; Lk 12:33
11:25 : Ps 25:11; Mt 9:2
11:27–33 : Mt 21:23–27; Lk 20:1–8
11:27 : Mt 23:37
11:27 : Ac 21:26
11:27 : Mt 2:4
11:27 : 3Jn 1
11:28 : Mk 1:22
11:29 : Mk 4:14
11:30 : Lk 7:29; Ac 18:25; 19:3
11:31 : 1Jn 5:10
11:32 : Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52

Mark 11 - Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Mark 11 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

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Mark 11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Mark 11 - Revised Geneva Translation (RGT)

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Mark 11 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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Mark 11 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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Mark 11 - New Living Translation (NLT)

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