20In the morning, walking along the road, they saw the fig tree, shriveled to a dry stick.
21Peter, remembering what had happened the previous day, said to him, "Rabbi, look--the fig tree you cursed is shriveled up!"
Mark 11 marks a decisive pivot in the Gospel. Jesus enters Jerusalem not as a conquering general but as the humble King of Zechariah 9:9, riding a colt. The chapter immediately juxtaposes this royal welcome with a stark prophetic act: the cursing of a fig tree, a living parable o
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