Mark 11:18

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Mark 11:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

17 Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

18 When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

19 And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.

20 As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

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Mark 3:6

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Mark 12:12

At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.

Mark 14:1

Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

Mark 14:2

“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

Matthew 21:15

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

Matthew 21:39

So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Matthew 21:45

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Matthew 21:46

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Matthew 26:3

At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Matthew 26:4

and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

Luke 19:47

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John 11:53

So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

John 11:54

As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

John 11:55

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

John 11:56

They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”

John 11:57

But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.

Mark 11:32

But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

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1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”

1 Kings 18:18

“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

1 Kings 21:20

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1 Kings 22:18

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”

Acts 24:25

As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

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Revelation 11:6

These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

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Revelation 11:8

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Revelation 11:9

For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

Revelation 11:10

And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

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When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

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All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.

John 7:46

“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.