Mark 11:12

The next morning, Jesus and his followers started to walk from Bethany back to Jerusalem. Jesus saw a tree not far away. It was the sort of tree that gets fruit, called figs. Jesus was hungry, so he went to look for some figs on that tree, but there was nothing. It had lots of leaves, but no fruit. You see, it was not yet the right time of the year for that sort of fruit.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

In Context

11Then Jesus got to Jerusalem, and he went into God’s ceremony house. He looked around at everything that was going on there. The sun was starting to go down, so Jesus left God’s ceremony house, and he and his 12 special workers went back to Bethany.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:2Jesus was there for 40 days, and he didn’t eat anything, so he got very hungry.

John 4:31While the woman was in the town talking to the people there, Jesus’s followers said to him, “Teacher, you have to eat something.”

Matthew Henry on Mark 11:2-12

Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem. 1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. 4 And they went their way, and found the… Read the whole commentary →

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