Mark 11:13
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Cross-references
Isaiah 5:7
Allusion
In Isaiah 5:7, God looked for justice but found bloodshed — the same pattern of expecting good fruit and finding none, applied to Israel as God's vineyard.
Matthew 21:19
Parallel
Matthew 21:19 gives the parallel account of Jesus cursing the fig tree — the same event described from a different gospel perspective.
Luke 13:6–9
Parallel
Luke 13:6-9 expands the fig tree parable — directly related to the unfruitful tree here, reinforcing the lesson of judgment and mercy.
Isaiah 5:2
Allusion
In Isaiah 5:2, the vintner looked for grapes but got wild grapes — the same expectation-failure dynamic as Jesus finding only leaves on the fig tree.
Matthew 21:18
Parallel
Matthew 21:18 provides the parallel account of Jesus seeing the fig tree with leaves but no fruit — the same event recorded by another Gospel.