Matthew 21:18
16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
17 Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.
19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
20 When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.
- KJV
- Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
- WEB
- Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
- ASV
- Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he hungered.
- DARBY
- But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.
- BLB
- And in the morning, having come back into the city, He was hungry.
- ÅB
- Om morgenen – på vei inn til byen igjen – ble han sulten,
- OTB
- Tidlig om morgenen, da Jesus vendte tilbake til byen, ble han sulten.
- B1930
- Om morgenen, da han gikk til byen igjen, blev han hungrig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 4:2
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Read in contextHebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Read in contextMark 11:12–14
The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
Read in contextMark 11:20–24
As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
Read in contextMatthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
Read in contextLuke 4:2
where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
Read in context