Mateus 21

"If you have faith"—Monday, 04/01/30 AD

18 Now in the early morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19 And seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it, just leaves.*As Mark points out (Mark 11:13), it was not fig season, but a tree with leaves might have some dried figs. Since dried figs are very good eating, any visible figs would have been eaten long since (the tree was near the road). And He says to it, "May you never again produce fruit!" And forthwith the fig tree started to wither.*The Text has ‘the sap was cut off’; the result would not be visible immediately. 20 And seeing it the disciples marveled saying, "How quickly the fig tree became withered!"*According to Mark this was 24 hours later. 21 So in answer Jesus said to them: "Assuredly I say to you, if you (pl.) have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and be thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. 22 And anything whatever you may ask in the believing prayer, you will receive."