Mark 11:21

Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”

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KJV

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

ASV

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

YLT

and Peter having remembered saith to him, `Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'

DBT

And Peter, remembering [what Jesus had said], says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up.

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You are now being joined with the holy vine. If, then, you abide in the vine, you grow into a fruitful branch, but if you do not so abide, you will be burnt in the fire. Let us therefore bring forth worthy fruit. For let it not come about that it should happen to us what happened to the barren fig tree in the Gospel. Let not Jesus come in these days and utter the same curse upon the fruitless. But instead may all of you say, "I am like a green olive tree in the house of God."

Cyril of Jerusalem· Catechetical Lecture 1:4, 386patristic

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The greatness of the miracle appears in the drying up so juicy and green a tree. But though Matthew says that the fig tree was at once dried up, and that the disciples on seeing it wondered, there is no reason for perplexity, though Mark now says, that the disciples saw the fig tree dried up on the morrow; for what Matthew says must be understood to mean that they did not see it at once, but on the next day.

Theophylact of Ohrid· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 1107patristic

And Peter, calling to remembrance,.... Not so much the tree, and its spreading leaves, and the greatness of it, and the flourishing condition it was in, the other day, as the imprecation of Christ upon it: saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away; which he observed, as matter of astonishment, and as an instance of Christ's surprising power and authority; See Gill on Mat 21:20.

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away--so connecting the two things as to show that he traced the death of the tree entirely to the curse of his Lord. Matthew (Mt 21:20) gives this simply as a general exclamation of surprise by the disciples "how soon" the blight had taken effect.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Malachi 4:6
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
2 Kings 2:24
Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
Zechariah 5:3–4
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
Matthew 23:7
the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Hebrews 6:8
But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
leads to
- 2 Peter 2:4
  For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Jude 1:6–7
  And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- Matthew 13:42
  And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
  They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
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Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
leads to
- Psalms 37:22
  Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
- Leviticus 26:14–46
  If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
- Psalms 91:10
  no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
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1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
leads to
- Ephesians 6:24
  Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

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