Daily Meditation
17 And he taught,
saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations
the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Today’s Reading
The Gospel According
To
Mark
Chapter Eleven
And when they came
nigh to Jerusalem
1 And when they came
nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he
sendeth forth two of his disciples, 2 and saith unto them, Go your way into the
village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a
colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 3 And if any man
say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and
straightway he will send him hither. 4 And they went their way, and found the
colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose
him. 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing
the colt? 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let
them go. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him;
and he sat upon him. 8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others
cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9 And they that
went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord: 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David,
that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. 11 And Jesus
entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about
upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with
the twelve.
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 temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and
the seats of them that sold doves; 16 and would not suffer that any man should
carry any vessel through the temple. 17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it
not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but
ye have made it a den of thieves. 18 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. 19 And when even was come, he went out
of the city.
20 And in the
morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree
which thou cursedst is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them,
Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto
this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not
doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall
come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you,
What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and
ye shall have them. 25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought
against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in
heaven forgive your trespasses.
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