¹And when they were approaching Jerusalem, Bethsphagé and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples out, ²and he said to them, “Go off into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied up, on which no man has sat. Untie it and bring it. ³And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it’, and he will immediately despatch it here.” ⁴So they went off and found a colt tied to the door outside in the street, and they untied it. ⁵And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” ⁶So they spoke to them as Jesus had commanded, and they left them alone. ⁷Then they led the colt to Jesus and put their clothes on it, and he sat on it. ⁸And many spread their clothes in the way, whereas others cut foliage from the trees and spread them in the way. ⁹Both those who were going in front and those following shouted and said,

¹⁰Blessed is the kingdom of our father David,

Which comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest realms.”

¹¹Then Jesus went into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and when he had looked around at everything, the time already being evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. ¹²And on the next day, after they had departed from Bethany, he was hungry, ¹³so when he saw a fig tree from a distance, which had leaves, he went to see if he would find anything on it. But when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves. After all, it was not the fig season. ¹⁴And reacting, Jesus said to it, “Let no-one ever eat from you any more.” And the disciples heard him. ¹⁵Then they went to Jerusalem, and when Jesus had gone into the temple, he began to throw out those selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the chairs of those selling doves, ¹⁶and he did not allow anyone to carry a utensil through the temple. ¹⁷Then he gave some teaching and said to them, “Does it not stand written that ¹⁸Now the scribes and the senior priests heard it, and they looked for a way to destroy him. For they feared him, because all the crowd were amazed at his teaching. ¹⁹And when it had become late, he went out of the city. ²⁰Then early in the morning as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree, withered from its roots, ²¹and Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look, the fig tree which you cursed has withered.” ²²Then Jesus replied and said to them, “Have faith in God. ²³For truly, I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be uplifted and cast into the sea’ and does not doubt in his heart, but who believes that what he says will come about – then whatever he says will come to pass for him. ²⁴Which is why I say to you, believe that you will receive everything that you ask for when praying, and it will come to pass for you. ²⁵And when you stand praying, be forgiving if you have anything against anyone, in order that your father in the heavens may forgive you your transgressions. ²⁶But if you do not forgive, neither will your father in the heavens forgive your transgressions.” ²⁷Then they went to Jerusalem again, and while he was walking around in the temple, the senior priests and scribes and the elders came to him, ²⁸and they said to him, “By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority to do these things?” ²⁹Then Jesus replied and said to them, “I for my part will ask you one thing, so answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰John's baptism – was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.” ³¹Then they reasoned among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven’, he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him then?’ ³²But should we say, ‘Of men’? ” They feared the people, for everyone held John to really have been a prophet. ³³Then they answered and said to Jesus, “We do not know.” To which Jesus answered and said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Reference(s) in Chapter 11: v.9 ↔ Psalm 118:25, Psalm 118:26 ● v.10 ↔ Psalm 118:25 ● v.17 ↔ Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11.