Matthew 21:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Luke 13:6-9 : 6 And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit. 7 And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space? 8 And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile: 9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.
  • Titus 1:16 : 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.
  • Mark 11:14 : 14 And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.
  • Luke 3:9 : 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.
  • Isa 5:4-5 : 4 Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes? 5 And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
  • Heb 6:7-8 : 7 For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God: 8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it. 22 They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.
  • Jude 1:12 : 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,
  • Rev 22:11 : 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.
  • Luke 19:42-44 : 42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them. 43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side, 44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
  • John 15:2 : 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 : 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 Tim 3:5 : 5 Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.

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    11 And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

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

    21 And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.

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    19 And every evening he went out of the town.

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    6 And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

    7 And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

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  • Luke 21:29-30
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    16 By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

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    18 It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

    19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

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    10 Then the trees said to the fig-tree, You come and be king over us.

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    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.

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    32 Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

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    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.

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    34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

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  • Ezek 17:9
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  • Mark 4:6-7
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    6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

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    39 And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

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    32 His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.

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    16 He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.