and noticing a fig tree by the roadside he went up to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you after this!" And instantly the fig tree withered up.

When the disciples saw this they marvelled. "How did the fig tree wither up in an instant?" they said.

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand;

and noticing a fig tree in leaf some distance away he went to see if he could find anything on it; but when he reached it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

Now as they passed in the morning they noticed the fig tree had withered to the root.

Then Peter remembered. "Rabbi," he said, "there is the fig tree you cursed, all withered!"

Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand;

And he told this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; he came in search of fruit on it but he found none.

So he said to the vinedresser, 'Here have I come for three years in search of fruit on this fig tree without finding any; cut it down, why should it take up space?'

And he told them a parable. "Look at the fig tree and indeed all the trees;

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "When you were under that fig tree, before ever Philip called you, I saw you."

Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that."

I can vouch for their zeal for God; only, it is not zeal with knowledge.

Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives? Or a vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

the stars of the sky dropped to earth as a fig tree shaken by a gale sheds her unripe figs,