Matthew 21:18

A Barren Fig Tree Cursed

¹⁷ He then left them and went out of the city [of Jerusalem] to Bethany [Note: This was a small village near Bethphage] and stayed there [i.e., probably at the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. See John 11:1]. ¹⁸ Now in the morning, as Jesus returned to the city [of Jerusalem], He became hungry. ¹⁹ Upon seeing a fig tree along side of the road, He approached it [i.e., expecting to find fruit on it], but found nothing but leaves. He said to the tree, "There will not be fruit on you ever again." Immediately the fig tree withered up.

Early in the Morning

Jerusalem

Jesus

Matthew 4:2

After He had fasted forty days and nights, He was [very] hungry.

Matthew 12:1

About that time Jesus was walking through a grainfield on the Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry so began picking off some heads of grain to eat [the kernels]. [Note: It was an accepted practice for people in that day to be permitted to do this as they walked along paths bordering a grainfield].

Mark 11:12-14

On the next day, when they were going from Bethany [to Jerusalem], Jesus became hungry.

Mark 11:20-24

The next morning, [as they returned to the city], they passed by the fig tree and saw that it had withered, clear down to its roots.

Luke 4:2

During the forty days He was being put to the test by the devil, He did not eat anything; then after it was over He was [very] hungry.

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a head priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but One [i.e., Jesus] who has been tempted in every way that we have, and yet without sinning.