Mt. 21:18 Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.
Mk. 11:12 Now the next day, when they had come out of Bethany, He was hungry.
Mt. 21:19a And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it, but leaves.
Mk. 11:13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
Mt. 12:19b And said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” And immediately the fig tree withered.
Mk. 11:14 In response Yeshua said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” And His disciples heard it.
The question of course is what right did Yeshua have to curse the fig tree because it clearly states it wasn’t the season for figs? It wasn’t supposed to have figs yet, and as a result there was no reason to curse the fig tree. But we need to know something about the nature of the fig tree in the Holy Land, which was true then and is true today. At the time that the fig tree begins to put out its leaves it does mean that the figs themselves are still about six weeks away. However, at the time of putting forth of the leaves little knobs or nodules also begin to grow. These little knobs or nodules (known as phages) are themselves edible and people do take them from the tree and eat them. Bethphage was named for them. So when this tree was putting forth its leaves, it was making a profession that it didn’t have, because it should have nodules as that were edible. Because it was making a false profession it was cursed.
Mt. 21:12 Then Yeshua went into the Temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the Temple, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.
Mk. 11:15 So they came to Jerusalem. And Yeshua went into the Temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the Temple, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.
Lk. 19:45 Then He went into the Temple and began to drive out those who bought in it.
Mk.11:16 And He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the Temple.
Mt.21:13 And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’”
Mk. 11:17 Then He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations,’ But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’”
Lk. 19:46 Saying to them, “It is written, ‘It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’”
Sources: Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11
Mk. 11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him; because all the people were astonished at His teaching.
Lk. 19:47 And He was teaching daily in the Temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the teachers of the people sought to destroy Him.
Lk. 19:48 And were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.
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