Mark 11

On more than one occasion, the Savior denounced hypocrisy. It was -

"...when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
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." (New Testament | Mark 11:12 - 13)

To which the Savior responded -

"No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever." (New Testament | Mark 11:14)

Some have wondered why the Savior would curse what was supposedly a beautiful tree. It is clear the tree appeared to be a fruit bearing tree but was not. Who knows if the tree had or would ever bear fruit. I think the Savior again was teaching the nature of hypocrisy. The tree represented that which it did not do. To such, the same cure applies.