Matthew 21:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Withered Fig Tree Now early in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 4:2 : 2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.
  • Matt 12:1 : 1 Lord of the Sabbath At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.
  • Mark 11:12-14 : 12 Cursing of the Fig Tree Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 He said to it,“May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
  • Mark 11:20-24 : 20 The Withered Fig Tree In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to him,“Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.” 22 Jesus said to them,“Have faith in God. 23 I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain,‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. 24 For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
  • Luke 4:2 : 2 where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.

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