16. “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read, “ ‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’ ?”
17. And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
18. Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.
19. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.
20. When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked.