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18 In the early dawn the next morning, as He was coming back to the city, He was hungry.

19 And as He saw [a]one single leafy fig tree [b]above the roadside, He went to it but He found nothing but leaves on it [[c]seeing that in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. And He said to it, Never again shall fruit grow on you! And the fig tree withered up at once.

20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled greatly and asked, How is it that the fig tree has withered away all at once?

21 And Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a [d]firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:19 Literal meaning.
  2. Matthew 21:19 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  3. Matthew 21:19 James Orr et al., eds., International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
  4. Matthew 21:21 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.

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