“And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.”
Mark 11:18 (KJV)
Context Reading
16And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. 17And he taught, saying unto them,Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. 18And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. 19And when even was 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.