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10 How blessed is the coming kingdom[a]
    of our ancestor David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”[b]

11 Then Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the Temple and looked around at everything. Since it was already late, he went out with the Twelve to Bethany.

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree(A)

12 The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus[c] became hungry.

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10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David.
Hosanna in the highest heavens!”

11 He entered Jerusalem and went into the temple, where he looked around at everything. Then, since the hour was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

12 Jesus Curses a Sterile Fig Tree.[a] On the next day, as they were leaving Bethany, he felt hungry.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:12 The Prophets used the image of a fig tree with respect to Israel (see Jer 8:13; 29:17; Joel 1:7; Hos 9:10, 16). Jesus’ cursing of the fig tree is regarded as a parable in action representing a judgment on Israel’s barrenness and Jerusalem’s rejection of Jesus’ teaching (see Isa 34:4; Hos 2:14; Lk 13:6-9).