Focused Passage

Mark 11:20-25

The King Comes to Jerusalem: Fig Tree, Temple Judgment, Faith, Forgiveness, and Authority

Mark 11 moves from royal entry to temple inspection, from symbolic fig-tree judgment to prophetic temple judgment, from withered-tree teaching on faith and forgiveness to a direct authority challenge by Jerusalem's leaders.

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20As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

21Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”

22“Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.

23“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 20

Original words

[As]ΚαὶG2532Conjunctionthey were walking backπαραπορευόμενοιG3899Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Pluralin the morningπρωῒG4404Adverbthey sawεἶδονG3708Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluraltheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Singularfig treeσυκῆνG4808Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularwitheredἐξηραμμένηνG3583Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine SingularfromἐκG1537Preposition[its] rootsῥιζῶνG4491Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Verse 21

Original words

-καὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularPeterΠέτροςG4074Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularremembered [it]ἀναμνησθεὶςG363Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular[and] saidλέγειG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularLookἴδεG2400Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularRabbiῬαββίG4461Noun - Vocative Masculine SingularTheG3588Article - Nominative Feminine Singularfig treeσυκῆG4808Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular-ἣνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine SingularYou cursedκατηράσωG2672Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Singularhas witheredἐξήρανταιG3583Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 22

Original words

HaveἜχετεG2192Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralfaithπίστινG4102Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularin GodθεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular-ΚαὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦςG2424Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularvvvἀποκριθεὶςG611Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine SingularsaidλέγειG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularto themαὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Verse 23

Original words

TrulyἀμὴνG281Hebrew WordI tellλέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralthatὅτιG3754Conjunctionif anyoneὃςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular. . .ἂνG302ParticlesaysεἴπῃG2036Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singularto thisτούτῳG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularmountainὄρειG3735Noun - Dative Neuter SingularBe lifted upἌρθητιG142Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 2nd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionthrownβλήθητιG906Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 2nd Person SingularintoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularseaθάλασσανG2281Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvμὴG3361Adverbhas no doubtδιακριθῇG1252Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person SingularinἐνG1722PrepositionhisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularheartκαρδίᾳG2588Noun - Dative Feminine SingularbutἀλλὰG235ConjunctionbelievesπιστεύῃG4100Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularthatὅτιG3754ConjunctionvvvG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular[it]λαλεῖG2980Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularwill happenγίνεταιG1096Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singularit will be doneἔσταιG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singularfor himαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 24

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ThereforeδιὰG1223Preposition. . .τοῦτοG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularI tellλέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralvvvπάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralwhateverὅσαG3745Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural-καὶG2532Conjunctionyou ask forαἰτεῖσθεG154Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Pluralin prayerπροσεύχεσθεG4336Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person PluralbelieveπιστεύετεG4100Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralthatὅτιG3754Conjunctionyou have received [it]ἐλάβετεG2983Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Pluraland [it]καὶG2532Conjunctionwill beἔσταιG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularyoursὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Verse 25

Original words

AndΚαὶG2532ConjunctionwhenὅτανG3752Conjunctionyou standστήκετεG4739Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Pluralto prayπροσευχόμενοιG4336Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluralifεἴG1487Conjunctionyou holdἔχετεG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralanythingτιG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularagainstκατάG2596Preposition[another]τινοςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singularforgive [it]ἀφίετεG863Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Pluralso thatἵναG2443ConjunctionyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularFatherΠατὴρG3962Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularinἐνG1722Preposition-τοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralheavenοὐρανοῖςG3772Noun - Dative Masculine Pluralwill forgiveἀφῇG863Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularvvvὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-τὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluraltrespassesπαραπτώματαG3900Noun - Accusative Neuter Pluralas wellκαὶG2532Conjunction

BSB notes

  • BYZ and TR include 26But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses; see Matthew 6:15.

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