Matthew 21:21-23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 [a](A)Jesus said to them in reply, “Amen, I say to you, if you have faith and do not waver, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done. 22 (B)Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”
The Authority of Jesus Questioned.[b] 23 (C)When he had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things?[c] And who gave you this authority?”(D)
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- 21:21 See Mt 17:20.
- 21:23–27 Cf. Mk 11:27–33. This is the first of five controversies between Jesus and the religious authorities of Judaism in Mt 21:23–22:46, presented in the form of questions and answers.
- 21:23 These things: probably his entry into the city, his cleansing of the temple, and his healings there.
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