Mark 11:12-14

New International Version

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts^(A)^(B)^(C)

¹²The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. ¹³Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.^(D) ¹⁴Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.

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Mark 11:20-25

New International Version

²⁰In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. ²¹Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi,^(A) look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”

²²“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. ²³“Truly^[a] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.^(B) ²⁴Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.^(C) ²⁵And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”^(D)

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Footnotes

Mark 11:23 Some early manuscripts “If you have faith in God,” Jesus answered, ²³“truly

Isaiah 55:6-13

New International Version

⁶Seek^(A) the Lord while he may be found;^(B)
    call^(C) on him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake^(D) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(E)
Let them turn^(F) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(G) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(H)

⁸“For my thoughts^(I) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(J)
declares the Lord.
⁹“As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(K)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(L)
¹⁰As the rain^(M) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,^(N)
    so that it yields seed^(O) for the sower and bread for the eater,^(P)
¹¹so is my word^(Q) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,^(R)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose^(S) for which I sent it.
¹²You will go out in joy^(T)
    and be led forth in peace;^(U)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song^(V) before you,
and all the trees^(W) of the field
    will clap their hands.^(X)
¹³Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers^(Y) the myrtle^(Z) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,^(AA)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”