Matthew 21:18-22

A Barren Fig Tree Cursed

18 Now early in the morning, [as he] was returning to the city, he was hungry.

19 And seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And he said to it, "May there be no more fruit from you {forever}, and the fig tree withered at once.

20 And [when they] saw [it], the disciples were astonished, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"

21 And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will do not only [what was done to] the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea," it will happen!

22 And whatever you ask in prayer, [if you] believe, you will receive."

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was returning") which is understood as temporal
• [b]. Literally "to the age"
• [c]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal
• [d]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [e]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
• [f]. *Here "[if]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("believe") which is understood as conditional