Matthew 21:18
The Withered Fig Tree Now early in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
Additional Resources
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.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Mark 11:11-144 verses88%
11 Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.
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.
- Matt 21:19-202 verses82%
19 After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it,“Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once.
20 When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying,“How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
- Mark 11:19-213 verses80%
19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.
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.”
- 76%
17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
- 74%
2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.
- 72%
20 Jesus and Beelzebul Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat.
- Luke 13:6-72 verses71%
6 Warning to Israel to Bear Fruit Then Jesus told this parable:“A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
7 So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard,‘For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?’
- 71%
29 The Parable of the Fig Tree Then he told them a parable:“Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.
- 70%
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.
- 70%
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.
- Luke 21:37-382 verses70%
37 So every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but at night he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
38 And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.
- 70%
12 Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus,“Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place.”
- Mark 8:1-44 verses70%
1 The Feeding of the Four Thousand In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,
2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.
3 If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance.”
4 His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”
- 70%
35 Praying and Preaching Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.
- Mark 6:35-362 verses69%
35 When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said,“This is an isolated place and it is already very late.
36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”
- 69%
1 The Triumphal Entry Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,
- 69%
15 When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying,“This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
- 69%
31 Workers for the Harvest Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,“Rabbi, eat something.”
- 69%
42 The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.
- 68%
3 He said to them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–
- 68%
3 Jesus answered them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–
- 68%
10 He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.
- John 8:1-22 verses68%
1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.
- 68%
17 Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve.
- 68%
1 The Triumphal Entry Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples
- 67%
23 Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.
- 67%
12 The Triumphal Entry The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
- Luke 20:9-102 verses67%
9 The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.
10 When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.
- 67%
1 Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.
- 67%
34 When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.
- Luke 15:16-172 verses67%
16 He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17 But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
- 67%
1 Betrayal and Arrest When he had said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley. There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it.
- 66%
35 Healing a Blind Man As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
- 66%
25 He said to them,“Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry–
- 66%
45 Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,