Mark 11:20

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Mark 11:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

19 And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.

20 As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

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

22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.

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Mark 11:14

Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

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Job 18:17

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Job 20:5

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Job 20:6

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Job 20:7

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Isaiah 40:24

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Matthew 13:6

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Matthew 15:13

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Matthew 21:19

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Matthew 21:20

When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

John 15:6

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These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.