Matthew 21:19

New American Bible - revised edition

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went over to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again.” And immediately the fig tree withered.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:2

He spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines; Within it he built a watchtower, and hewed out a wine press. Then he waited for the crop of grapes, but it yielded rotten grapes.

Jeremiah 8:13

I will gather them all in—oracle of the Lord: no grapes on the vine, No figs on the fig trees, foliage withered! Whatever I have given them is gone.

Matthew 21:20

When the disciples saw this, they were amazed and said, “How was it that the fig tree withered immediately?”

Mark 11:14

And he said to it in reply, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again!” And his disciples heard it. Cleansing of the Temple.

Mark 11:20

Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots.

Luke 3:9

Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

John 15:2

He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.

John 15:6

Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.

2 Timothy 3:5

as they make a pretense of religion but deny its power. Reject them.

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God, but by their deeds they deny him. They are vile and disobedient and unqualified for any good deed.

Jude 1:12

These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they carouse fearlessly and look after themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by winds, fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead and uprooted.

Revelation 22:11

Let the wicked still act wickedly, and the filthy still be filthy. The righteous must still do right, and the holy still be holy.”