Matthew 21:21

So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

In Context

20And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither away so soon?”

22And all things, as many as you may ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.” 1 The Authority of Jesus Questioned

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Cross References

Matthew 14:29So He said, “Come.” And stepping down from the boat, Peter walked on the waters to go toward Jesus.

Mark 11:22So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.

Romans 4:19And not weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, already having been worn out (being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb,

James 1:6But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:19-23

The Barren Fig-Tree Cursed. 18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. 19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. 20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do… Read the whole commentary →

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