12 ^uOn the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing in the distance a ^vfig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

15 ^wAnd they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the ^xmoney-changers and the seats of those who sold ^ypigeons. 16 And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. 17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ^z‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a ^aden of robbers.” 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way ^bto destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was ^castonished at his teaching.