A Barren Fig Tree Cursed

12 And on the next day as[a] they were departing from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And when he[b] saw from a distance a fig tree that had leaves, he went to see if perhaps he would find anything on it. And when he[c] came up to it he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 And he responded and[d] said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you any more forever!”[e] And his disciples heard it.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:12 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were departing”)
  2. Mark 11:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Mark 11:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came up”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Mark 11:14 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“responded”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. Mark 11:14 Literally “for the age”
  6. Mark 11:14 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation