18 In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered. 20 When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
Matthew 21:18–20
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Mark 11:19–21
19 And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city. 20 As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots. 21 Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
Mark 11:12–14
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Luke 21:28–30
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John 4:30–32
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Matthew 24:31–33
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