Matthew 21:18

A Barren Fig Tree Cursed

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

Matthew 21:18 In-Context

16 And they said to him, "Do you hear what these [children] are saying?" So Jesus said to them, "Yes, have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of children and nursing babies you have prepared for yourself praise'?"
17 And leaving them, he went outside of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
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?"

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was returning") which is understood as temporal
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