New Testament in a Year

^19 (A)And when evening came, ^[a]they were going out of the city.

^20 (B)And as they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. ²¹ And being reminded, Peter *said to Him, “^(C)Rabbi, look, the fig tree which You cursed has withered.” ²² And Jesus answered and *said to them, “^(D)Have faith in God. ^23 (E)Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says ^[b]is going to happen, it will be granted him. ²⁴ For this reason I say to you, ^(F)all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted to you. ²⁵ And whenever you ^(G)stand praying, ^(H)forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. ^26 [c][^(I)But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.”]

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

²⁷ Then they *came again to Jerusalem. ^(J)And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders *came to Him, ²⁸ and began saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?” ²⁹ And Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰ Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? Answer Me.” ³¹ And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’ ³² But if we say, ‘From men’?”—they were afraid of the crowd, for everyone was regarding John to have been a real prophet. ³³ And answering Jesus, they *said, “We do not know.” And Jesus *said to them, “Neither ^[d]will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”