Mark 11:20
The next morning, while they were going along the road toward Jerusalem, they saw that the fig tree that Jesus had cursed had withered completely.
Translation for Translators
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
19That evening, Jesus and his disciples left the city and again slept in Bethany.
Cross References
Job 8:17The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks.
Job 20:5wicked people like you do not continue to rejoice for a long time, ungodly people are happy only for a ◄moment/very short time► [HYP]?
Isaiah 40:24They start to rule, like small plants start to grow and form roots; but then he gets rid of them as though [MET] they withered when he blew on them, like [SIM] chaff that is blown away by the wind.
Matthew 15:13Then, to teach us what God would do to the Pharisees, Jesus told us this parable: “My Father in heaven will get rid of all those who teach things that are contrary to his truth, just like a farmer gets rid of plants that he did not plant, by pulling them up along with their roots [MET].
Mark 11:14But to illustrate how God would punish the nation of Israel, he said to the tree, “No one shall ever eat from you again because you will no longer bear figs.” The disciples heard what he said.
Hebrews 6:8But what will happen to believers who do deeds/things that do not please God will be like what happens to land on which only thorns and thistles grow [MET]. Such land is worthless. It has almost become land that God will curse, and eventually he will burn its vegetation [MTY].
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 →