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Mark 11:20 Explained in Context
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Verse 20. 20And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
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Quick Meaning
This verse develops the unit at Mark 11:20 in “Fig Tree and Temple Interpret Fruitless Worship”: “And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots”.
Read It With
- Mark 11:12-26
Read Mark 11:20 with 11:12-26. This verse develops the unit at Mark 11:20 in “Fig Tree and Temple Interpret Fruitless Worship”: “And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Jesus' enacted word against a leafed fig tree frames his disruption of temple commerce and teaching about prayer for all nations; the withered tree leads to faith, prayer, forgiveness, and the KJV's reciprocal-forgiveness saying.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse develops the unit at Mark 11:20 in “Fig Tree and Temple Interpret Fruitless Worship”: “And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots”. This specific contribution advances Mark 11:12-26 toward its narrated or taught result.
What Remains True
The fig tree frames a temple confrontation over fruitless worship, prayer for all nations, trust, and forgiveness. At Mark 11:20, develops the unit at Mark 11:20 in “Fig Tree and Temple Interpret Fruitless Worship”: “And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots”.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Mark 11:20, examine whether worship produces prayerful justice and welcome, practice accountable forgiveness, and reject violent or antisemitic uses of the scene. This verse contributes to that response because it develops the unit at Mark 11:20 in “Fig Tree and Temple Interpret Fruitless Worship”: “And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots”.
Continue in Context
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Read Mark 11:12-26 — Fig Tree and Temple Interpret Fruitless WorshipSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Mark 11:12-26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and material variants checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Mark.txt, 11:12-26
Open the Mark Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Mark with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, older-English clarification, variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Mark PDF, printed pp. 1868–1901, 11:12-26 and attached translator/textual notes
Open the official NET Mark PDF ↗