Matthew 21:19
and, noticing a solitary fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it, “Never again will fruit be gathered off you.” And suddenly the fruit tree withered up.
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In Context
18The next morning, in returning to the city, Jesus became hungry;
Cross References
Mark 11:14So, addressing the tree, he exclaimed, “May no one ever again eat of your fruit!” And his disciples heard what he said.
Luke 13:6And Jesus told them this parable – “A man, who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, came to look for fruit on it, but could not find any.
John 15:2Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, so that it may bear more fruit.
2 Timothy 3:5and while they retain the outward form of religion, they will not allow it to influence them. Turn your back on such people as these.
Hebrews 6:7Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall on it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;
Jude 1:12These are the people who are blots on your ‘love-feasts,’ when they feast together and provide without scruple for themselves alone. They are clouds without rain, driven before the winds; they are leafless trees without a vestige of fruit, dead through and through, torn up by the roots;
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 →