This weeks text may be very familiar to many of you. The core verses in the lesson are Mark 11:12-25, but we may take a venture into other verses in that chapter as well as some related scripture in the Old Testament that Jesus quoted. Please read the entire chapter. It is helpful from a contextual viewpoint, to fully see some things that are taking place in the core verses.
While reading and studying and praying, ask God to show you something you may have overlooked in the past. This is a very compelling view of Christ that Mark presents us.
Chapter 11
The Triumphal Entry
1 When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the • Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples
2 and told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
3 If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.' "
4 So they went and found a young donkey outside in the street, tied by a door. They untied it,
5 and some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the donkey?"
6 They answered them just as Jesus had said, so they let them go.
7 Then they brought the donkey to Jesus and threw their robes on it, and He sat on it.
8 Many people spread their robes on the road, and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields.[1] Other mss read others were cutting leafy branches from the trees and spreading them on the road
9 Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting: • Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord![2] Ps 118:26
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!
11 And He went into Jerusalem and into the • temple complex. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
2 and told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
3 If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.' "
4 So they went and found a young donkey outside in the street, tied by a door. They untied it,
5 and some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the donkey?"
6 They answered them just as Jesus had said, so they let them go.
7 Then they brought the donkey to Jesus and threw their robes on it, and He sat on it.
8 Many people spread their robes on the road, and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields.[1] Other mss read others were cutting leafy branches from the trees and spreading them on the road
9 Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting: • Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord![2] Ps 118:26
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!
11 And He went into Jerusalem and into the • temple complex. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
The Barren Fig Tree Is Cursed
12 The next day when they came out from Bethany, He was hungry.
13 After seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, He went to find out if there was anything on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
14 He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!"[3] Jr 8:13 And His disciples heard it.
13 After seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, He went to find out if there was anything on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
14 He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!"[3] Jr 8:13 And His disciples heard it.
Cleansing the Temple Complex
15 They came to Jerusalem, and He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers' tables and the chairs of those selling doves,
16 and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple complex.
17 Then He began to teach them: "Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations?[4] Isaiah 56:7 But you have made it a den of thieves!"[5] Jr 7:11
18 Then the • chief priests and the • scribes heard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.
19 And whenever evening came, they would go out of the city.
16 and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple complex.
17 Then He began to teach them: "Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations?[4] Isaiah 56:7 But you have made it a den of thieves!"[5] Jr 7:11
18 Then the • chief priests and the • scribes heard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.
19 And whenever evening came, they would go out of the city.
The Barren Fig Tree Is Withered
20 Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.
21 Then Peter remembered and said to Him, "• Rabbi, look! The fig tree that You cursed is withered."
22 Jesus replied to them, "Have faith in God.
23 • I assure you: If anyone 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 done for him.
24 Therefore, I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received[6] Other mss read you receive; other mss read you will receive them, and you will have them.
25 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.[7] These are the only uses of this word in Mk. It means "the violation of the Law" or "stepping over a boundary" or "departing from the path" or "trespass." [
26 But if you don't forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing."][8] Other mss omit bracketed text
21 Then Peter remembered and said to Him, "• Rabbi, look! The fig tree that You cursed is withered."
22 Jesus replied to them, "Have faith in God.
23 • I assure you: If anyone 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 done for him.
24 Therefore, I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received[6] Other mss read you receive; other mss read you will receive them, and you will have them.
25 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing.[7] These are the only uses of this word in Mk. It means "the violation of the Law" or "stepping over a boundary" or "departing from the path" or "trespass." [
26 But if you don't forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing."][8] Other mss omit bracketed text
Messiah's Authority Challenged
27 They came again to Jerusalem. As He was walking in the temple complex, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came and asked Him,
28 "By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority to do these things?"
29 Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
30 Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer Me."
31 They began to argue among themselves: "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Then why didn't you believe him?'
32 But if we say, 'From men' "—they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was a genuine prophet.
33 So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
28 "By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority to do these things?"
29 Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
30 Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer Me."
31 They began to argue among themselves: "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Then why didn't you believe him?'
32 But if we say, 'From men' "—they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was a genuine prophet.
33 So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
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See you Sunday.
Thanks Lee
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