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Mark 11:20

What does Mark 11:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Mark 11:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Mark 11:20 means

The next morning, as Jesus and His disciples passed by the fig tree again, they saw that it had completely withered away, right down to its roots. This swift and irreversible decay vividly demonstrated the immediate and absolute power of Jesus's curse. The withered tree served as a tangible, undeniable sign confirming the authority behind His words and foreshadowing judgment on unfruitfulness.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And in the morning, passing by, they saw the fig-tree having been dried up from the roots,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when they passed by in the morning they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And passing by early in the morning they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.

Context

This verse describes the disciples' morning discovery, directly fulfilling the curse Jesus pronounced upon the fig tree in verse 14. This miraculous withering serves as a powerful visual confirmation of Jesus's authority and teaching, leading directly to Peter's astonished observation and Jesus's subsequent teaching on faith and prayer in the verses that follow.

v.19And every evening he went forth out of the city.

v.20This passage

v.21And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 15:13

    But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

  • Jude 1:12

    These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

  • John 15:6

    If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Isaiah 5:4

    What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

  • Job 20:5

    That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

  • Isaiah 40:24

    Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

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