12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that Bold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money- changers, and the seats of them that Bold doves.
13 And said unto them. It is writ- ten. My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple ; and he healed them. *
15 And when the Chief Priests and Scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the childre]i crying in the temple, and saying, llosauuato the Son of David; they were sore dis- pleased,
16 And said unto him, Hearestthou what these say ? And Jesus saitli uuto them. Yea ; have ye never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise ?
17 And he left them, and went out
of the city into Bethany ; and he lodged there.
18 Now in the morning as he re- turned into the city, he hungered.
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying. How soon is the fig tree withered away !
21 Jesus answered and said unto them. Verily I say unto yon. If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this w/iicJi is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Ee tliou removed, and be thou cast into the sea ; it shall be done. *
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, beheving, ye shall receive.
We have in these verses an account of two remarkable events in our Lord's history. In both, there Was some- thing eminently figurative and typical. Each was an emblem of spiritual things. Beneath the surface of each, lie lessons of solemn instruction.