In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” And His disciples heard it.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus told it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” and his disciples heard it.
- KJV And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
- BSB Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.
- NASB And He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples were listening.
- NLT Then Jesus said to the tree, “May no one ever eat your fruit again!” And the disciples heard him say it.
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Quick answer
Jesus curses the fig tree so that no one will eat from it again, and the disciples hear it.
Overview
Jesus' words against the barren tree are an enacted parable of judgment on fruitless religion. Sandwiched around the cleansing of the temple, the cursing signals God's judgment on a temple system that bore leaves of ritual but no fruit of true worship. The sign warns that profession without genuine fruit invites judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Matt 21:19Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
- Matt 7:19Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
- Matt 3:10“Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
- John 15:6If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Mark 11:20–21As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
- Matt 12:33–35“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
- Isa 5:5–6Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down.
- Rev 22:11He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”
- Deut 6:4–8Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.
- Matt 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
- Matt 21:33“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
- Deut 11:26–31Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:
- 2 Pet 2:20For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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