The week before Jesus died, however, it became evident that the nation in general had rejected the Messiah. ​ — Matthew 23: 37, 38. Once again Jesus used the fig tree to illustrate the bad spiritual state of the nation.
परंतु, येशूच्या मृत्यूच्या एक आठवड्याआधी यहूदा राष्ट्राने मशीहाला नाकारल्याचे स्पष्ट झाले होते. — मत्तय २३: ३७, ३८.