World English Bible
Mark 11:18
“The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.”
Verse in context — Mark 11
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He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
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He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!
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The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
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When evening came, he went out of the city.
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As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
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