19 ^aAnd seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.  ‡

20 ^aAnd when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither away so soon?”  ‡

22 And ^awhatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”  ‡

23 ^aNow when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and ^bsaid, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”  ‡