11: 1 And when they draw nigh unto Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples,
11: 2 and saith unto them, Go your way into the village that is over against you: and straightway as ye enter it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat; loose it, and bring it.
11: 3 And if any one say unto you, Why do ye this? Say ye, The Lord hath need of it; and straightway ¹⁷⁶he sendeth it back hither.
¹⁷⁶So ℵL (B 2427) 892 {ℵ omits it} [C*^vid] 579. A majority of lesser Gk. mss., sy^s it^k (geo) omit back ψ vg (arm) read will send it hither.

11: 4 And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the open street; and they loose it.
11: 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
11: 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had said: and they let them go.
11: 7 And they bring the colt unto Jesus, and cast on it their garments; and he sat upon it.
11: 8 And many spread their garments upon the way; and others ¹⁷⁷branches, which they had cut from the fields.
¹⁷⁷Gk. layers of leaves,

11: 9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, ¹⁷⁸Hosanna; Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
¹⁷⁸Hb. אנ העישוה hoshiah na, Save, I pray; And so in vs. 10. E.g., see Companion Bible, Ps 118:25.

11: 10 Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David: Hosanna in the highest.
11: 11 And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked round about upon all things, it being now eventide, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
11: 12 And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.
11: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs.
11: 14 And he answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And his disciples heard it.
11: 15 And they come to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and them that bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;
11: 16 and he would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel through the temple.
11: 17 And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, ¹⁷⁹My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But ¹⁸⁰ye have made it a den of robbers.
¹⁷⁹Is 56:7.
¹⁸⁰Jr 7:11.

11: 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
11: 19 And ¹⁸¹every evening ¹⁸²he went forth out of the city.
¹⁸¹Gk. whenever evening came he went
¹⁸²So ℵ 892 C 1342 33 579 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa,bo sy^s vg it^k. But Bψ 2427 ℵ (arm) read they went forth

11: 20 And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
11: 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, ¹⁸³Rabbi, behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
¹⁸³From בר, many or great, in this case of wisdom; hence Great Teacher, See Hebrew Students Manual, p. 239 of lexicon, or see Thayer’s lexicon.

11: 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, ¹⁸⁴Have the faith of God.
¹⁸⁴So BLψ 2427 892 ℵC 1342 33 579 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa,bo vg it^k. ℵ sy^s arm read If ye have the faith of God, 23 truly I say unto you,

11: 23 Truly I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it.
11: 24 Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ¹⁸⁵ye have as good as received it, and ye shall have it.
¹⁸⁵So BℵLψ (2427) 892 ℵC 1342. 33 579 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^bo read ye receive it, θ vg it^k geo read ye are received,

11: 25 And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.^186
186So BℵLψ 2427 892 ℵ 1342 cop^sa sy^s it^k geo arm. C 33 579 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg add vs. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses. Compare Mt 6:15; 18:35.

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11: 27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;
11: 28 and they said unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? Or who gave thee this authority to do these things?
11: 29 And Jesus said unto them, I will ask of you one ¹⁸⁷question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
¹⁸⁷Gk. word,

11: 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.
11: 31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
11: 32 ¹⁸⁸But should we say, From men – they feared the people: ¹⁸⁹for all truly held John to be a prophet.
¹⁸⁸Or, But shall we say, From men?
¹⁸⁹Or, for all held John to be a prophet indeed.

11: 33 And they answered Jesus and say, We know not. And Jesus saith unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.