Just sharing.

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The bible isn't a good book to read if you want consistent plot lines.

Only a work of true literary excellence has the protagonist cursing a fig tree, and then defeating it.

Matthew 21:19 - And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

I love the scene of the fig tree. It really captures the true nature of the Gospels; that Mark is allegory and (in this instance) Matthew didn't write his Gospel but instead an anonymous used Mark to his advantage.

The scene of the fig tree and the temple robbers in Mark comes from Hosea 9, but then in reading the scene found in Matthew, that allusion can't be made anymore. Matthew clearly didn't understand what Mark was getting at but merely saw the whole thing as being stupid (I mean, in Mark, why would Jesus go up to a tree and expect fruit if it was out of season?) so he just gets Jesus to turn it into smithereens to amaze his Apostles that can't get the hint...

In re-writing the scene, the allusion was lost.
Witness accounts? pfff.