Mark 11:18

And the scribes and chief priests heard it and they sought how they might destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

In Context

17And He was teaching, saying 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 thieves!’ ”

19And when it became evening, He was going forth outside of the city. 1 The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree

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Cross References

Matthew 21:15But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant,

Matthew 21:45Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that He was speaking about them.

Mark 1:22And they were astonished at His doctrine, for He was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

Matthew Henry on Mark 11:13-27

The Barren Fig-Tree Cursed. 12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. 15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the… Read the whole commentary →

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