The next morning as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry — the humanity of Jesus is stated simply: leaving Bethany the next morning, he was hungry. The hunger grounds the fig tree encounter in the ordinary conditions of physical need. The detail serves the theological purpose of the cursing: Jesus approaches a tree seeking food because he is genuinely hungry — the fruitlessness he finds is a real disappointment.

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