Matthew 21:20 “When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig…”

Matthew 21:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

World English Bible

When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”

American Standard Version

And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How did the fig tree immediately wither away?

Geneva Bible 1599

And when his disciples saw it, they marueiled, saying, How soone is the figge tree withered!

Darby Translation

And when the disciples saw [it], they wondered, saying, How immediately is the fig-tree dried up!

Young's Literal Translation

And the disciples having seen, did wonder, saying, 'How did the fig-tree forthwith wither?'

Bible in Basic English

And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

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Cross references

“How”

Isaiah 40:6–8 Mark 11:20 Mark 11:21 James 1:10 James 1:11

Isaiah 40:6–8 · BSB

A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

Mark 11:20 · BSB

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

Mark 11:21 · BSB

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

James 1:10 · BSB

But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

James 1:11 · BSB

For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

21“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

Read Matthew 21