Fruitless Tree, Fruitless Temple
Mark 11:12-25 | Pastor Buck Poole | August 23, 2026
12 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
– Mark 11:12-14 ESV
15 And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 16 And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. 17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”
– Mark 11:15-17 ESV
1. Faithless religion is fruitless religion.
2. Faithful religion is fruitful religion.
And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
– Mark 11:22 ESV
