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Messiah's Parables
Fig Tree - Judgment Delayed
| Matthew 21:18
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The next morning, on his way back to the city, he felt hungry.
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Spotting a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it
except leaves. So he said to it, "May you never
again bear fruit!" and immediately the fig tree dried
up.
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The talmidim saw this and were amazed. "How did the fig tree dry up
so quickly?" they asked.
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Yeshua answered them, "Yes! I tell you, if you
have trust and don't doubt, you will not only do what was done to this fig
tree; but even if you say to this mountain, `Go and throw yourself into
the sea!' it will be done.
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In other words, you will receive everything you ask
for in prayer, no matter what it is, provided you have trust." |
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| Mark 11:12 -
14, 20 - 26 |
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next day, as they came back from Beit-Anyah, he felt hungry.
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Spotting in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could
find anything on it. When he came up to it, he found nothing but leaves;
for it wasn't fig season.
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He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from
you again!" And his talmidim heard what he said.
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In the morning, as the talmidim passed by, they saw the fig tree withered
all the way to its roots.
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Kefa remembered and said to Yeshua, "Rabbi! Look! The fig tree that
you cursed has dried up!"
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He responded, "Have the kind of trust that
comes from God!
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Yes! I tell you that whoever does not doubt in his
heart but trusts that what he says will happen can say to this mountain,
`Go and throw yourself into the sea!' and it will be done for him.
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Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in
prayer, trust that you are receiving it, and it will be yours.
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And when you stand praying, if you have anything
against anyone, forgive him; so that your Father in heaven may also
forgive your offenses."
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But if you do not forgive, your Father in heaven will not forgive your
offenses." |
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| Luke 13:6 - 9 |
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Then Yeshua gave this illustration: "A man had
a fig tree planted in his vine yard, and he came looking for fruit but
didn't find any.
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So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard,
`Here, I've come looking for fruit on this fig tree for three years now
without finding any. Cut it down -- why let it go on using up the
soil?'
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But he answered, `Sir, leave it alone one more year.
I'll dig around it and put manure on it.
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If it bears fruit next year, well and good; if not,
you will have it cut down then.'" |
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