Hi friends, I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So here is how it works. I'll read three chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible or online, and then I'll pray, and that's it. So today is day 14, and I'll be reading

Mark chapters 11 through 13. And this month, I'm reading from the CSB version. Mark 11.

When they approached Jerusalem at Bethpage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives,

he sent two of his disciples and told them,

Go into the village ahead of you.

As soon as you enter it, you will find a cult tied there on which no one has ever sat.

Untie it and bring it.

If anyone says to you, why are you doing this? Say, the Lord needs it and we'll send it back here right away. So they went and found a colt outside in the street,

tied by a door. They untied it and some of those standing there said to them, what are you doing,

untying the colt? They answered them just as Jesus had said, so they let them go. They brought the cult to Jesus

and threw their clothes on it, and he sat on it. Many people spread their clothes on the road,

and other spread leafy branches cut from the fields. Those who went ahead, and those who followed,

shouted, Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the coming kingdom

of our Father David, Hosanna in the highest heaven.

He went into Jerusalem and into the temple.

After looking around at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the 12.

The next day, when they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

Seeing in the distance of fig tree with leaves, he went to

find out if there was anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the

season for figs. He said to it, may no one ever eat fruit from you again, and his disciples heard it.

They came to Jerusalem, and he went into the temple and began to throw out those buying and selling.

He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves

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