Matthew 21:19

Bible in Basic English 1965

And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:2

And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.

Jeremiah 8:13

I will put an end to them completely, says the Lord: there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is dry.

Matthew 21:20

And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

Mark 11:14

And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.

Mark 11:20

And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.

Luke 3:9

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

John 15:2

He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.

John 15:6

If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

2 Timothy 3:5

Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.

Titus 1:16

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

Jude 1:12

These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

Revelation 22:11

Let the evil man go on in his evil: and let the unclean be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still.