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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 21, Verse 15

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And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
King James Version
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
American Standard Version
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation,
New English Translation
And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
World English Bible
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,
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And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, ‹Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?›
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And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
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Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
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And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, ‹Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever.› And presently the fig tree withered away.
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And when the disciples saw [it], they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
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Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this› [which is done] ‹to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.›
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‹And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.›
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And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
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And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.›
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‹The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?› And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?