Mark 11:20
The following morning as they returned, they saw the fig tree, withered from the roots up.
Free Bible 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
19When evening came Jesus and his disciples left the city.
Cross References
Job 8:17It twists its roots down through the stones, and holds on to rock.
Job 20:5that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?
Isaiah 40:24In fact they are hardly even planted, hardly even sown, hardly even taken root, when he blows on them and they wither, and the wind carries them away like straw.
Matthew 15:13“Every plant my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted,” Jesus replied.
Mark 11:14He said to the tree, “May no one eat fruit from you ever again.” His disciples heard his words.
Hebrews 6:8But land that only produces weeds and thorns is worthless, and is about to be condemned. In the end all that can be done is to burn it.
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 →