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But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple area, "^(F1)Hosanna to the ^(C1)Son of David," they became indignant,

and they said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus ^(*)said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, '^(C1)FROM THE MOUTHS OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"

And He left them and went out of the city to ^(C1)Bethany, and spent the night there.

^(C1)Now in the early morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.

And seeing a lone ^(C1)fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves alone; and He ^(*)said to it, "No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you." And at once the fig tree withered.

Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and ^(F1)asked, "How did the fig tree wither all at once?"

And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, ^(C1)if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen.

"And ^(C1)whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive it all."

^(C1)When He entered the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him ^(C2)while He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?"