You may then wonder, why did Jesus curse the fig tree? The answer goes far beyond his "hangry" lashing out at a fruitless fig tree on the road and should instead be seen through the lens of his ...

Jesus approaches the fig tree, sees that it has produced no fruit, and curses it. Then, right after that, he marches into the temple and condemns the rank commercialism he finds there.

In Luke 13, Jesus tells a parable about a barren fig tree. The tree is planted in a vineyard, which sounds weird, but fig trees were often used as trellises in vineyards. The owner is unhappy because ...

So scholars suggest that the fig tree serves as a parable. Jesus has inspected the temple and does not like what he sees. When he leaves Bethany early the next morning before breakfast, he is hungry.

The fig tree symbolizes the religious leadership that had turned the temple, a house of prayer, into a marketplace. Jesus sees the religious leaders of his day like the fig tree: full of leaves ...

“Consider the fig tree…” (Luke 21:29). RV 20:1-4, 11—21:2; LK 21:29-33 In today’s gospel, Jesus expressed amazement at his contemporaries for their failure to read the signs of the times ...

Jesus approaches the fig tree, sees that it has produced no fruit, and curses it. Then, right after that, he marches into the temple and condemns the rank commercialism he finds there.

You may then wonder, why did Jesus curse the fig tree? The answer goes far beyond his "hangry" lashing out at a fruitless fig tree on the road and should instead be seen through the lens of his ...

Jesus approaches the fig tree, sees that it has produced no fruit, and curses it. Then, right after that, he marches into the temple and condemns the rank commercialism he finds there.

The fig tree symbolizes the religious leadership that had turned the temple, a house of prayer, into a marketplace. Jesus sees the religious leaders of his day like the fig tree: full of leaves ...

Voices of Faith offers perspectives from religion columnists. This week’s question: What explains Jesus’ impatience with the fig tree?