Mark 11:12-26

New Catholic Bible

¹² Jesus Curses a Sterile Fig Tree.^[a] On the next day, as they were leaving Bethany, he felt hungry. ¹³ Noticing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he reached it, he found nothing except leaves, since it was not the season for figs. ¹⁴ Then he said to it, “May no one ever again eat fruit from your branches.” And his disciples heard him say this.

¹⁵ Jesus Cleanses the Temple.^[b] Then they came to Jerusalem. He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were engaged there in buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. ¹⁶ Nor would he allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. ¹⁷ Then he taught them, saying: “Is it not written:^[c]

¹⁸ When the chief priests and the scribes heard about this, they plotted to do away with him. For they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was spellbound by his teaching. ¹⁹ And when evening came, they left the city.

²⁰ The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree.^[d] Early the next morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. ²¹ Then Peter, recalling what had happened, said to Jesus: “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered away.”

²² Jesus said to them, “Have faith in God. ²³ Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be accomplished for him. ²⁴ So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

²⁵ “And whenever you stand in prayer, forgive whatever grievance you have against anybody, so that your Father in heaven may forgive your wrongs too. [ ²⁶ But if you do not forgive others, then your Father in heaven will not forgive you your transgressions.]”^[e]