Mark 11:14 Cross References

Mark 11:14

14: Then Jesus said to the tree, "May no one ever eat your fruit again!" And the disciples heard him say it.

and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs on it, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" And immediately the fig tree withered up.

Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever your roots. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.

Anyone who parts from me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.

The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it was withered from the roots.
Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree on the previous day and exclaimed, "Look, Teacher! The fig tree you cursed has withered!"

So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

"A tree is identified by its fruit. Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good. Make a tree bad, and its fruit will be bad.
You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.
A good person produces good words from a good heart, and an evil person produces evil words from an evil heart.

Anyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls. "

Let the one who is doing wrong continue to do wrong; the one who is vile, continue to be vile; the one who is good, continue to do good; and the one who is holy, continue in holiness."

Now this is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will tear down its fences and let it be destroyed. I will break down its walls and let the animals trample it.
I will make it a wild place. I will not prune the vines or hoe the ground. I will let it be overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no more rain on it."

"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.
And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you today.
Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are getting up again.
Tie them to your hands as a reminder, and wear them on your forehead.

"Now listen to this story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.

"Today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse!
You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today.
You will receive a curse if you reject the commands of the LORD your God and turn from his way by worshiping foreign gods.
"When the LORD your God brings you into the land to possess it, you must pronounce a blessing from Mount Gerizim and a curse from Mount Ebal.
(These two mountains are west of the Jordan River in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Jordan Valley, near the town of Gilgal. They are located toward the west, not far from the oaks of Moreh.)

And when people escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up with sin and become its slave again, they are worse off than before.

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