He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
Matthew 21:19 - Y'all Version Bible Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as He saw one single leafy fig tree above the roadside, He went to it but He found nothing but leaves on it [seeing that in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. And He said to it, Never again shall fruit grow on you! And the fig tree withered up at once. American Standard Version (1901) And seeing a fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only; and he saith unto it, Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away. Common English Bible He saw a fig tree along the road, but when he came to it, he found nothing except leaves. Then he said to it, “You’ll never again bear fruit!” The fig tree dried up at once. Catholic Public Domain Version And seeing a certain fig tree beside the way, he approached it. And he found nothing on it, except only leaves. And he said to it, "May fruit never spring forth from you, for all time." And immediately the fig tree was dried up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And seeing a certain fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only, and he saith to it: May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away. |
He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
“‘I will utterly consume them, says YHWH. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’”
When the disciples saw this, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
Jesus said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” and his disciples heard it.
In the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
Indeed, the ax is already laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that doesn’t produce beautiful fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, ʜᴇ takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, ʜᴇ cleans, that it may bear more fruit.
If anyone doesn’t remain in me, that person is like a branch that is thrown out and withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny ʜɪᴍ. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
They are jagged rocks in y’all’s love feasts, feasting with y’all without fear, shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead and uprooted.
Let the one who acts unjustly, continue acting unjustly. Let the one who is filthy, stay filthy. Let the one who is righteous, do righteousness still. Let the one who is holy, be holy still.”