Mark 11:14

Jesus told it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” and his disciples heard it.

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WEBBE

Jesus told it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” and his disciples heard it.

BSB

Then He said to the tree, “ May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

KJV

And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.

ASV

And he answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And his disciples heard it.

BBE

And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἀποκριθεὶς apokritheis answering G611 ὁ ho (the) G3588 Ἰησοῦς Iēsous Jesus G2424 εἶπεν eipen He said G2036 αὐτῇ autēa to it G846 μηκέτι mēketi No more G3371 εἰς eis to G1519 τὸν ton the G3588 αἰῶνα aiōna age G165 ἐκ ek from G1537 σοῦ sou you G4771 μηδεὶς mēdeis no one G3367 καρπὸν karpon fruit G2590 φάγοι phagoi would eat G5315 καὶ kai And G2532 ἤκουον ēkouon were listening G191 οἱ hoi the G3588 μαθηταὶ mathētai disciples G3101 αὐτοῦ autou of Him G846

The early church

We may also say, in another sense, that the Lord sought for fruit on the fig tree before its time, and not finding it, cursed it, because all who fulfil the commandments of the Law, are said to bear fruit in their own time, as, for instance, that commandment, Thou shalt not commit adultery; but he who not only abstains from adultery but remains a virgin, which is a greater thing, excels them in virtue. But the Lord exacts from the perfect not only the observance of virtue, but also that they bear fruit over and above the commandments.

John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Wishing to show His disciples that if He chose He could in a moment exterminate those who were about to crucify Him. In a mystical sense, however, the Lord entered into the temple, but came out of it again, to show that He left it desolate, and open to the spoiler.

Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 12–18

Christ looked to find some fruit, for the time of gathering figs, though it was near, was not yet come; but he found none. He made this fig-tree an example, not to the trees, but to the men of that generation. It was a figure of the doom upon the Jewish church, to which he came seeking fruit, but found none. Christ went to the temple, and began to reform the abuses in its courts, to show that when the Redeemer came to Zion, it was to turn away ungodliness from Jacob. The scribes and the chief priests sought, not how they might make their peace with him, but how they might destroy him. A desperate attempt, which they could not but fear was fighting against God.

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