TODAY'S GOSPEL: MAR. 4: MARK 11: 11- 26

Mark 11: 11 - 26
11And he entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple; and when he had looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
12On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.
13And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
14And he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.
15And they came to Jerusalem. And he 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 pigeons;
16and he would not allow any one to carry anything through the temple.
17And he taught, and said to them, "Is it not written, `My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."
18And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
19And when evening came they went out of the city.
20As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.
21And Peter remembered and said to him, "Master, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered."
22And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.
23Truly, 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 will come to pass, it will be done for him.
24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
25And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

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