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Bible study · Mark 11:1-33

Mark 11: A house of prayer

Read Mark 11:1-33 before you meet.

In a few lines

In Mark, on the day he came in, Jesus only looked around the temple and went out; the tables were overturned the next day, between the fig tree cursed and the fig tree found withered (11:11-21). And his answer about the withered tree ends with forgiving: "Whenever you stand praying, forgive" (11:25).

The verse to carry

“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.”

Mark 11:25

To talk about

  1. 1. Jesus said, "Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone" (11:25). Why do you think he puts praying and forgiving side by side?

  2. 2. Jesus asked, "Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’?" (11:17). What helps a place feel like a house of prayer to you?

  3. 3. The leaders answered, "We don’t know" (11:33), after they "reasoned with themselves" (11:31) and "feared the people" (11:32). When is it hardest for you to give an honest answer?

Prayer requests