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Mark 11:24,25

MARK—NOTE ON Mark 11:24 believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Some have misunderstood this to mean that if they pray for some specific request and have enough faith, then God will do whatever they ask. But while we must always trust in God’s power, we must also submit to his will (Mark 14:36). Those who trust God for the right things in the right way can have confidence that God will “supply every need... according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19; see also Romans 8:28, Romans 8:32).

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    20–25. THE LESSON OF THE WITHERED FIG-TREE Matthew 21:19-22...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that (f) ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them]. (f) Literally, "that you receive it", speaking in the present tense...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also according to Mark: "All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye shall receive them, and they shall be yours."[604]...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Order of Events. On _Monday morning_ the fig tree was cursed (Mark 11:12-14), on the same day the temple cleansed (Mark 11:15-19), the chief-priests murmuring at the children's Hosannas there (Matthew...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    BELIEVE THAT YE HAVE RECEIVED THEM (πιστευετε οτ ελαβετε). That is the test of faith, the kind that sees the fulfilment before it happens. Ελαβετε is second aorist active indicative, antecedent in...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Official presentation of Jesus as King. The barren fig tree. Purifying of the temple. The prayer of faith. Jesus' authority questioned. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, disciples, John the Baptist...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 11:1. _When they came nigh to Jerusalem._ This chapter, with the exception of a few words, is the same as Matthew 21. Mark 11:9. _They that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hos...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    It was dead all the way down to its roots. Mark tells that this took place early next morning, the day following the cursing of the fig tree. This was symbolic of what would happen to the part of the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Gospels Compared

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  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 11 1 _Christ rideth with triumph into Jerusalem_ : 12 _curseth the fruitless leafy tree_ : 15 _purgeth the temple_ : 20 _exhorteth his disciples to stedfastness of faith, and to forgive their...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 11:13. IF HAPLY.—If, _after all_—although not the proper time for fruit. Mark 11:17. The marginal rendering is preferable. Mark 11:19. See R. V....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 11:1 AND WHEN THEY DREW NIGH UNTO JERUSALEM, UNTO BETHPHAGE AND BETHANY, AT THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. St. Matthew (Matthew 21:1) says, "When they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto B...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, [they were] at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go your way into the village over agains...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 3:22; 1 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; James 1:5; James 1:6;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Receive [ε λ α β ε τ ε]. More lit., received. Rev., have received....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    (CF. MARK 11:12-14; MARK 11:20)— When was the fig tree cursed by Jesus, before or after the temple was cleansed? PROBLEM: Matthew places the cursing of the fig tree after the cleansing of the temple....

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