The Power of Faith^(A)

²⁰ The next morning as Jesus was passing by with his ·followers [disciples], they saw the fig tree ·dry and dead [withered], even to the roots. ²¹ Peter ·remembered the tree and said to Jesus, “·Teacher [^LRabbi], look! The fig tree you cursed is ·dry and dead [withered]!”

²² Jesus answered, “Have faith in God. ²³ I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘·Go [Be lifted up], fall into the sea.’ And if you have no doubts in your ·mind [heart] and believe that what you say will happen, ·God will do it for you [it will be done for you]. ²⁴ So I tell you to believe that you have received ·the things [everything] you ask for in prayer, and ·God will give them to you [you will receive them]. ²⁵ When you ·are praying [^Lstand praying], if you ·are angry with [have anything against] someone, forgive him so that your Father in heaven will also forgive your ·sins [transgressions; trespasses]. |²⁶ But if you don’t forgive other people, then your Father in heaven will not forgive your ·sins [transgressions; trespasses].|”^[a]

¹⁴ ·Yes, [For] if you forgive others for their ·sins [transgressions; failings; trespasses], your Father in heaven will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you don’t forgive others, your Father in heaven will not forgive your ·sins [transgressions; failings; trespasses].

²⁰ When his ·followers [disciples] saw this, they were amazed. They asked, “How did the fig tree ·dry up [wither] ·so quickly [immediately]?”

²¹ Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I did to this tree and even more. You will be able to say to this mountain, ‘·Go, fall [^LBe lifted up and thrown] into the sea.’ And if you have faith, it will ·happen [be done]. ²² If you ·believe [have faith], you will get anything you ask for in prayer.”