{"id":19033,"date":"2026-10-10T19:03:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=19033"},"modified":"2026-10-10T19:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:03:57","slug":"matthew-chapter-21-jesus-curses-a-fig-tree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=19033","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 21 Jesus Curses a Fig Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span id=\"en-NIV-23845\" class=\"text Matt-21-18\">Jesus Curses a Fig Tree<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"text Matt-21-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18<\/sup>Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23846\" class=\"text Matt-21-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19<\/sup>Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Then he said to it, <span class=\"woj\">May you never bear fruit again!<\/span> Immediately the tree withered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-23847\" class=\"text Matt-21-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20<\/sup>When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. How did the fig tree wither so quickly? they asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-23848\" class=\"text Matt-21-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21<\/sup>Jesus replied, <span class=\"woj\">Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, Go, throw yourself into the sea, and it will be done.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23849\" class=\"text Matt-21-22\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22<\/sup>If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus Curses a Fig Tree 18Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19Seeing 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! 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