17. And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called by all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
18. And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people were astonished at his doctrine.
19. And when evening had come, he went out of the city.
20. And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.