Matthew 21:19

and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18At dawn, when he was on his way back into the city, he was hungry;

20When his disciples saw this, they were astonished. "How instantaneously," they said, "the fig tree withered!"

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Cross References

Mark 11:14So, addressing the tree, he said, "Let no man ever more eat fruit from you." And the disciples heard it.

Luke 13:6Then he gave them this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came to look for fruit on it, but found none.

John 15:2"He cuts back any of my branches that bear no fruit, and prunes every fruit-bearing branch, that it may bear more.

2 Timothy 3:5For although they keep up the outward form of religion, they deny its power.

Hebrews 6:7For land that has drunk the showers that now and again fall upon it, and produced vegetation useful for those for whom it was tilled, receives a blessing from God;

Jude 1:12These are they who are stains upon your love-feasts; when they feast sumptuously without scruple, looking after none but themselves. They are clouds without water, driven along by the winds; trees of autumn, fruitless, doubly dead, 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 →

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