Mark 11:21
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Mark 11:21 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."
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World English Bible Public Domain
Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."
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King James Version Public Domain
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And having been reminded, Peter says to him, “Rabbi, behold! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
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King James Version Public Domain
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Then Peter remembred, and said vnto him, Master, beholde, the figge tree which thou cursedst, is withered.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And Peter remembering, said to him: Rabbi, behold the fig tree, which thou didst curse, is withered away.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and Peter having remembered saith to him, `Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and Peter having remembered says to Him, “Rabbi, behold, the fig tree that You cursed is dried up.”
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Peter remembered and said, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered away.”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And having been reminded, Peter says to him, “Rabbi, behold! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And Peter, remembering [what Jesus had said], says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.”
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And Peter calling to remembrance, saith to him, Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Peter remembered what Jesus had done, and said to him, “Rabbi, look, the fig tree that you cursed has withered.”
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
Then Peter remembered what had happened and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, behold, the fig tree that yoʋ cursed has withered!”
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And Peter remembred and sayde vnto him: master beholde the fygge tree which thou cursedest is widdred awaye.
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- Appears 5× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 25:41
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Aorist
- Voice
- Middle deponent
- Mood
- Indicative
- Person
- 2nd person
- Number
- Singular
Full Thayer's Definition
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἀναμνησθεὶς anamimnḗskō G363 “to remind” Verb, Aorist, Passive deponent, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- Πέτρος Pétros G4074 “Peter” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- λέγει légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- αὐτῷ autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- ῥαββεί rhabbí G4461 “rabbi” Hebrew transliteration
- ἴδε horáō G3708 “to see” Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
- ἡ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- συκῆ sykē G4808 “fig tree” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- ἣν hós G3739 “who” Relative pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- κατηράσω kataráomai G2672 “to curse” Verb, Aorist, Middle deponent, Indicative, 2nd person, Singular
- ἐξήρανται xēraínō G3583 “to wither” Verb, Perfect, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 13
- words
- 12
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is κατηράσω to curse G2672 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
- ἀναμνησθεὶς to remind G363
Shared distinctive vocabulary
κατηράσω to curse G2672 occurs in 5 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse:
- ὁ the G3588 ×2
Cross-references
5Topical passages linked to Mark 11:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Proverbs 3:33 Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, But he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
- Zechariah 5:3–4 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.
- Matthew 23:7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.
- Matthew 25:41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
- 1 Corinthians 16:22 If any man doesn't love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, Lord!
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 13 words (12 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is kataráomai (“to curse”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “to curse” (kataráomai) shape what this verse is saying?
- The word “to remind” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
- Matthew 25:41 shares the word «to curse» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “the” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Reading how Expositor's Greek Testament and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 18 words in this verse.
- “the” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 12 distinct Greek lemmas span 13 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Mark 11:21 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.