The Barren Fig Tree

^18 (A)Now in the early morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry. ¹⁹ And seeing a lone ^(B)fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves alone; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.

²⁰ Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and ^[a]asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”