20And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
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But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
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. …
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-26)Here is, I. Christ’s cursing the fruitless fig-tree. He had a convenient resting-place at Bethany, and therefore thither he went at resting-time; but his work lay at Jerusalem, and thither therefore he returned in the morning, at working-time; and so intent was he upon his work, that he went out from Bethany without breakfast, which, before he was gone far, he found the want of, and was hungry (Ma…
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