Mark 11:20-33 ▼

20 As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.

21 Peter, remembering, said to him, |Teacher, look. The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.|

22 Jesus answered them, |Have faith in God.

23 Truly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast 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, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

25 Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your wrongdoing.

26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing.|

27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,

28 and they began saying to him, |By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority to do these things?|

29 Jesus said to them, |I will also ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

30 The baptism of John--was it from heaven, or from people? Answer me.|

31 They reasoned with themselves, saying, |If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

32 If we should say, 'From people'|--they feared the crowd, for all held John to really be a prophet.

33 They answered and said to Jesus, |We do not know.| Jesus said to them, |Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.|