11:11 he went out to Bethany. In Matt. 21:12–22, Jesus proceeds to cleanse the temple upon His arrival and curses the fig tree the next day. In Mark, Jesus returns to Bethany for the night; in the morning He curses the fig tree and then cleanses the temple. Probably Matthew treats the material topically (no specific time reference for the cleansing is given in Matt. 21:12), while Mark, who places stories within stories (5:21–43; 6:7–30), treats it chronologically.