¹⁷ And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany,^(A) where he spent the night.

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree^(B)

¹⁸ Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. ¹⁹ Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.^(C)