Mark 11:20
And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree dried out from the roots.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
In Context
19And when it became evening he went forth outside of the city.
Cross References
Job 8:17His roots are wrapped around the [stone] heap. He beholds the place of stones.
Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
Isaiah 40:24Yea, they have not been planted. Yea, they have not been sown. Yea, their stock has not taken root in the earth. Moreover he blows upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
Matthew 15:13But having answered, he said, Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant, will be uprooted.
Mark 11:14And having responded, Jesus said to it, No man may eat fruit from thee, no more into the age. And his disciples heard it.
Hebrews 6:8But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning.
Matthew Henry on Mark 11:13-27
The Barren Fig-Tree Cursed. 12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. 15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the… Read the whole commentary →