Who Is The Gospel Of Mark 11
In the new testament, Jesus uses stories and events in his life to explain his message to his disciples. These stories are expressed through the first four books of the Bible, the gospels. One particular verse, Mark 11:17, is part of a story about Jesus using a fig tree to teach his disciples about the present happenings pertaining to the nation of Israel. To understand the story it’s first important to understand the background of the book it is found in before thinking about the interpretation. The gospel of Mark is believed to have been written by John-Mark. He was Peter’s disciple who wrote down what Peter preached. Some say that Peter specifically told Mark what to write down and Mark translated it for him, but the fact that the gospel
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This starts out in Mark 11:12 and ends in Mark 11:26. In Mark 11:12 Jesus curses a fig tree because it didn’t have any fruit on it when he was hungry. Then the story changes in Mark 11:15 to show the temple and Jesus getting angry at the priests and other people selling things in the temple. He was angry not because they were selling sacrifices, but because they were selling them in the temple and making a profit off of them. The the story changes again to its end in Mark 11:26 where Jesus’s disciples point out the barren fig tree that Jesus had earlier cursed has now withered. Jesus takes time to tell his disciples to have faith in God and He will do anything they ask of Him.
NIV (New International Version)
And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”
ERV (Easy-to-read version)
Then Jesus began teaching the people and said, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.’ But you have changed it into a ‘hiding place for
This starts out in Mark 11:12 and ends in Mark 11:26. In Mark 11:12 Jesus curses a fig tree because it didn’t have any fruit on it when he was hungry. Then the story changes in Mark 11:15 to show the temple and Jesus getting angry at the priests and other people selling things in the temple. He was angry not because they were selling sacrifices, but because they were selling them in the temple and making a profit off of them. The the story changes again to its end in Mark 11:26 where Jesus’s disciples point out the barren fig tree that Jesus had earlier cursed has now withered. Jesus takes time to tell his disciples to have faith in God and He will do anything they ask of Him.
NIV (New International Version)
And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”
ERV (Easy-to-read version)
Then Jesus began teaching the people and said, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.’ But you have changed it into a ‘hiding place for