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Matthew 21:20

18 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.

When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

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BSB
When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
KJV
And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
WEB
When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
ASV
And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How did the fig tree immediately wither away?
DARBY
And when the disciples saw [it], they wondered, saying, How immediately is the fig-tree dried up!
BLB
And having seen [it], the disciples marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither immediately?”
ÅB
Og da disiplene så det, undret de seg og sa: «Hvordan gikk det til at fikentreet straks visnet?»
OTB
Da disiplene så dette, undret de seg og spurte: “Hvordan kunne fikentreet visne så fort?”
B1930
Og da disiplene så det, undret de sig og sa: Hvorledes gikk det til at fikentreet straks visnet?

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