Mark 11:20

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

The next morning, [as they returned to the city], they passed by the fig tree and saw that it had withered, clear down to its roots.

Cross References

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up these tender sprouts were scorched and, since they had such tiny roots, they [quickly] withered away.

Matthew 15:13

But He answered and said, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

Matthew 21:18

Now in the morning, as Jesus returned to the city [of Jerusalem], He became hungry.

Mark 11:12

On the next day, when they were going from Bethany [to Jerusalem], Jesus became hungry.

Mark 11:14

Therefore, He said to the tree, “From now on no one will ever eat fruit from you.” Now His disciples heard Him say this.

John 15:6

If a person does not remain united to me, he will be thrown out as a [fruitless] branch and dried up. People gather up such branches and throw them into the fire to be burned [as fuel (?)].

Hebrews 6:8

But if the land produces [only] thorns and thistles, it is worthless and in danger of being cursed [by God], and will end up being burned.

Jude 1:12

These people are like rotten spots [contaminating the food] at your love feasts, while they gorge themselves without fear [i.e., unashamed of their selfish indulgence]. [Note: This passage may mean “like selfish shepherds, looking out only for themselves,” even eating the grain set out for the animals]. They are like clouds that blow over without producing rain; [they are like] trees in the fall that do not produce any fruit and have been uprooted, [thus] being dead twice [i.e., fruitless and rootless].