Matthew 21:19
And seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it, just leaves. And He says to it, “May you never again produce fruit!” And forthwith the fig tree started to wither.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18Now in the early morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.
20And seeing it the disciples marveled saying, “How quickly the fig tree became withered!”
Cross References
Mark 11:14So Jesus reacted by saying to it, “Let no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples were listening.
Luke 13:6Then He told this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
John 15:2Any branch in me which does not produce fruit He lifts up, and every one producing fruit He prunes, so that it may produce more fruit.
2 Timothy 3:5wearing a form of godliness while having denied its power! You must avoid such people;
Hebrews 6:7Now the ground that drinks in the rain that frequently falls on it and produces a crop useful to those for whom it is really cultivated receives blessing from God;
Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs at your love feasts, joining the feast without fear, caring only for themselves; they are clouds without rain, carried along by winds; they are late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead (having been uprooted);
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 →