Can we curse plants today?
Byzantine icon of the cursing of the fig tree. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Gospel writers Matthew and Mark seem to be chronicling the same event in Jesus ’ life when they tell the story of him cursing the fig tree . However, their accounts appear to differ when it comes to their description of when the tree withered. Matthew 21:19 - And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. Mark 11:14, 20 - And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. … As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. In Matthew’s account, it sounds as if the tree withers just after Jesus curses it, while Mark suggests that it wasn’t until the next morning that the withering was apparent. Are these writers telling two separate stories? Is it the same story but one of them get the facts wrong