Often the last words of someone’s life (or last acts) are usually lasting. Those final conversations or one last trip with a loved one often carry deep meaning and purpose. Mark 11 is a crucial turning point in the Gospel of Mark because it is the beginning of Jesus' last week on Earth. In fact, Mark spends over one-third of his Gospel on Jesus’ last days because of how pivotal they were. And knowing it to be his last week, Jesus made sure to take full advantage to help us understand just who he was and what he came to do.