Mark 11:20
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The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree
20 In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.(A)
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John 15:6
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6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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Mark 11:14
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14 He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
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Matthew 15:13
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13 He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.(A)
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Matthew 13:6
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6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered away.
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Matthew 21:19-22
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19 And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. 20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” 21 Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.(A) 22 Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”(B)
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Isaiah 40:24
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24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows upon them, and they wither,
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.(A)
Jude 12
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12 These are blots[a] on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves.[b] They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;(A)
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Hebrews 6:8
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8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned over.(A)
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Isaiah 5:4
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4 What more was there to do for my vineyard
that I have not done in it?
When I expected it to yield grapes,
why did it yield rotten grapes?(A)
Job 20:5-7
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5 that the exulting of the wicked is short
and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?(A)
6 Even though they mount up high as the heavens
and their head reaches to the clouds,(B)
7 they will perish forever like their own dung;
those who have seen them will say, ‘Where are they?’
Job 18:16-17
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16 Their roots dry up beneath,
and their branches wither above.(A)
17 Their memory perishes from the earth,
and they have no name in the street.(B)
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