Matthew 21:19

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:2

He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

Jeremiah 8:13

When I wanted to gather them, says the Lord, there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree; even the leaves are withered, and what I gave them has passed away from them.

Matthew 21:20

When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?”

Mark 11:14

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

Mark 11:20

In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.

Luke 3:9

Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

John 15:2

He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.

John 15:6

Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

2 Timothy 3:5

holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

Jude 1:12

These are blemishes on your love-feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;

Revelation 22:11

Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”