Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageSeeing a fig tree by the road, He went to it and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GAnd seeing a single fig tree by the road, He approached it and found nothing on it but leaves alone. He said to it, "Let no fruit ever grow from you again!" And the fig tree withered instantly.
KJV
King James VersionAnd when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleSeeing 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.
Footnotes
The fig tree functions as a prophetic enacted parable bracketing the Temple cleansing (vv. 12–19). In the Hebrew prophets, the fig tree consistently symbolises Israel's covenant fruitfulness — or its absence (Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 9:10; Micah 7:1). A tree full of leaves but bearing no fruit mirrors a Temple full of religious activity but empty of the justice, mercy, and covenant fidelity YHWH/God requires. παραχρῆμα (parachrēma) = immediately/at once — Matthew's emphasis on the instantaneous withering highlights Yeshua's/Jesus's sovereign authority over the created order.
