11:12 第二天，他們從伯大尼出來，耶穌餓了。
11:13 遠遠地看見一棵無花果樹，樹上有葉子，就往那裡去，或者在樹上可以找著甚麼。到了樹下，竟找不著甚麼，不過有葉子，因為不是收無花果的時候。
11:14 耶穌就對樹說：「從今以後，永沒有人吃你的果子。」他的門徒也聽見了。
11:15 他們來到耶路撒冷。耶穌進入聖殿，趕出殿裡做買賣的人，推倒兌換銀錢之人的桌子和賣鴿子之人的凳子；
11:16 也不許人拿著器具從殿裡經過；
11:17 便教訓他們說：「經上不是記著說：我的殿必稱為萬國禱告的殿嗎？你們倒使它成為賊窩了。」
11:18 祭司長和文士聽見這話，就想法子要除滅耶穌，卻又怕他，因為眾人都希奇他的教訓。
11:19 每天晚上，耶穌出城去。
11:20 早晨，他們從那裡經過，看見無花果樹連根都枯乾了。
11:21 彼得想起耶穌的話來，就對他說：「拉比，請看！你所咒詛的無花果樹已經枯乾了。」
11:22 耶穌回答說：「你們當信服上帝。
11:23 我實在告訴你們，無論何人對這座山說：『你挪開此地，投在海裡！』他若心裡不疑惑，只信他所說的必成，就必給他成了。
11:24 所以我告訴你們，凡你們禱告祈求的，無論是甚麼，只要信是得著的，就必得著。
11:25 你們站著禱告的時候，若想起有人得罪你們，就當饒恕他，好叫你們在天上的父也饒恕你們的過犯。
11:26 你們若不饒恕人，你們在天上的父也不饒恕你們的過犯。（有古卷無此節）」
12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.
15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. 17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’[c]? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[d]”
18 The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.
19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples[e] went out of the city.
20 In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”
22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly[f] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
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主耶穌進了耶路撒冷不僅潔淨聖殿，祂更藉由無花果樹來教導門徒明白信心是甚麼！
主耶穌在這裡說：「你們當信服上帝。…」在英文聖經的說法是：“Have faith in God,”（對上帝有信仰）！這是非常重要的基礎，若沒有這個基礎就沒有「移山倒海」的能力！
人常常求外面的表現與結果，而沒想到這些是需要有那不為人所看見的做基礎，正如人看見雄偉的冰山，在讚嘆的時候，不要忘記冰山在海裡的體積是好幾十倍大呢！同樣信心那看不見的部份更是重要，就是「心裡不疑惑，只信他(上帝）所說的必成！」
因此，對上帝的話也就是聖經要信服，如此才能體會上帝的大能！
而主耶穌在這裡教導門徒禱告，就像主禱文的內容一般提到「饒恕人」，當然這裡並不是免強人要饒恕，而是要我們因感念上帝對我們的饒恕，所以我們才能饒恕人，這是非常重要的原則，不然我們是沒能力饒恕人的！
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