Mark 11:1-18 ▼

1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem, as far as Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

2 and said to them: Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat. Loose him and bring him.

3 And if any say to you: "Why are you doing this? say that the Lord has need of him; and he will immediately send him hither.

4 And they went and found the colt tied near the door without, in the street. And they loosed him.

5 And some of those who were standing there, said to them: Why are you loosing the colt?

6 And they said to them as Jesus had commanded; and they gave them permission.

7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and put their mantles upon him, and he sat on him.

8 And many spread their mantles in the road, and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the road.

9 And those who went before, and those who followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our Father David. Hosanna in the highest.

11 And Jesus entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple; and when he had looked around on all things, the hour being now late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

12 And on the morrow, as they were coming from Bethany, he was hungry;

13 and he saw at a distance a fig-tree that had leaves; and he went, if perhaps he might find any thing on it. And when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the time for figs.

14 And he answered and said to it: No more may any one ever eat fruit from you. And his disciples heard it.

15 And they came into Jerusalem; and Jesus entered the temple, and began to drive out those who sold, and those who bought in the temple; and he overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves.

16 And he suffered no one to carry a vessel through the temple.

17 And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written, My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.

18 And the scribes and the chief priests heard him; and they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude were astonished at his teaching.