Mark 11:20
As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
Majority Standard Bible
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 evening came, Jesus went out of the city.
21Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
Cross References
Job 8:17His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
Matthew 15:13But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
Mark 11:14Then Jesus said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.
Hebrews 6:8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
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 →