17. He taught them, "Hasn’t it been written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you’ve turned it into a hideout for crooks."
18. The chief priests and legal experts heard this and tried to find a way to destroy him. They regarded him as dangerous because the whole crowd was enthralled at his teaching.
19. When it was evening, Jesus and his disciples went outside the city.
20. Early in the morning, as Jesus and his disciples were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered from the root up.
21. Peter remembered and said to Jesus, "Rabbi, look how the fig tree you cursed has dried up."