Living Bible
You can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit. You need never confuse grapevines with thorn bushes or figs with thistles.
Common English Bible
When the disciples saw it, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree dry up so fast?” they asked.
Living Bible
The disciples were utterly amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
Easy-to-Read Version
When the followers saw this, they were very surprised. They asked, “How did the fig tree dry up and die so quickly?”
New Living Translation
The disciples were amazed when they saw this and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
Common English Bible
Jesus responded, “I assure you that if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree. You will even say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the lake.’ And it will happen.
Common English Bible
Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look how the fig tree you cursed has dried up.”
Living Bible
Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree on the previous day and exclaimed, “Look, Teacher! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”
Easy-to-Read Version
Peter remembered the tree and said to Jesus, “Teacher, look! Yesterday, you told that fig tree to die. Now it is dry and dead!”
New Living Translation
Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree on the previous day and exclaimed, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree you cursed has withered and died!”
New Living Translation
So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.
Common English Bible
The stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its fruit when shaken by a strong wind.
Living Bible
Then the stars of heaven appeared to be falling to earth—like green fruit from fig trees buffeted by mighty winds.
Easy-to-Read Version
The stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its figs when the wind blows.
New Living Translation
Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind.