Mark 11:20
And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
Revised Version 1895
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 every evening he went forth out of the city.
Cross References
Job 8:17His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Isaiah 40:24Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
Matthew 15:13But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.
Mark 11:14And he answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And his disciples heard it.
Hebrews 6:8but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to 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 →