Matthew 21:18 · KJV
“Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.”
— Matthew 21:18
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. {a fig tree: Gr. one fig tree}
Matthew 21 — Context
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
19And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. {a fig tree: Gr. one fig tree}
20And when the disciples saw {it}, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
Cross References
Matthew 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Hebrews 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as {we are, yet} without sin.
Mark 11:20-24
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
Matthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
Mark 11:12-14
And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
Luke 4:2
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.