When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
Parallel translations
- KJV And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
- BSB When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
- NKJV And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither away so soon?”
- NASB Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”
- NLT The disciples were amazed when they saw this and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
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Cross-references · 3
- Isa 40:6–8The voice of one saying, “Cry!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
- Mark 11:20–21As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
- Jas 1:10–11and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
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