21:12-17
Jesus was no “soft touch”. He entered the temple and found people buying and selling. He drove these people out. They would be doing this to give pilgrims what they needed for the sacrifices. However, the temple was meant to be a house of prayer, not a “den of robbers”. The blind and the lame same to him and He healed them, the temple was then fulfilling its godly function. However the religious leaders were not pleased. For the people and children were praising Jesus. They confronted Jesus about this, and He quoted Psalm 8:2 to them. Jesus then left the temple.
21:18-22
Jesus had a clear view of what the kingdom was about, and confronted any variation from this. Fig trees were meant to bear fruit, but he found one that had nothing but leaves. He then cursed the tree, and the tree immediately withered. The disciples were amazed at how quickly it had withered. Jesus answers by saying we should expect our prayers to be answered.
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