Jesus Curses

A Barren Fig Tree

By

The Twelve Apostles

Jesus Curses A Barren Fig Tree
Next day, the Seconday of the week, the Master with the twelve, went to Jerusalem. And as they passed along the way they saw a fig tree full of leaves without a sign of fruit. And Jesus spoke unto the tree and he said, “You useless cumberer of the ground; you fig tree fair to look upon, but a delusive thing. You take from the earth and air the food that fruitful trees should have.
Go back to earth and be yourself the food for other trees to eat.” When Jesus had thus spoken to the tree He went His way.

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The Withered Fig Tree
On the Thirdday, early in the day, the Master and the twelve went to Jerusalem. And as they went, the twelve observed the tree which the Lord spoke to the day before, and behold, the leaves were withered, just as if they had been scorched with fire. And Peter said, “Lord, see the tree! Its leaves are withered and the tree seems dead.”

And Jesus said, “So shall it be with those who bear no fruit. When God shall call them up to give account, behold, He will breathe upon them, and their leaves, their empty words, will wither and decay. God will not let the fruitless trees of life become burdens to the ground, and He will pluck them up and cast all of them away.

“Now, you can demonstrate the power of God. Have faith in God, and you can bid the mountains to depart, and they will crumble at your feet. And you may speak to wind and wave, and they will hear, and will obey what you command.

“God hears the prayer of faith and when you ask in faith, you shall receive. You may not ask amiss; God will not hear the prayer of any man who comes to Him with blood of other men upon his hands. And the person, who harbours envious thoughts, and does not love his fellow men, may pray for ever unto God, and He will not hear the person. God can do nothing more for men than they would do for other men.”