Mark 11:12-21

Christian Standard Bible

The Barren Fig Tree Is Cursed

¹² The^(A) next day when they went out from Bethany, he was hungry. ¹³ Seeing in the distance a fig^(B) 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. ¹⁴ He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit^(C) from you again!”^(D) And his disciples^(E) heard it.

Cleansing the Temple

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

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

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

The Barren Fig Tree Is Withered

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