The mysterious Gospel story that narrates Jesus' condemnation of a fruitless tree requires trying to understand its meaning. Moreover, if the only eternal is God, all institutions are subject to the passage of time and the demands of men. The strangest miracle that Jesus performed in his life, according to the Gospel of Mark, was to curse and dry a fig tree . It is the only "destructive" miracle of Jesus, the only one he performed in Jerusalem, the only one that took 24 hours to complete, and the only one historically incomprehensible. His story is so uncomfortable that the Church never reads it on Sundays at Mass. Saint Mark tells us that one morning Jesus went out with his disciples from the small town of Bethany, near Jerusalem, and after a while he was hungry; looking in the distance a fig tree came closer, thinking to find fruits; but the tree was empty; "It was not fig time," says Marcos. Then Jesus cursed her saying: "Let no one eat fruits of you!" And he continued his journey with his disciples to the Temple in Jerusalem. The next day, when he passed by again, his disciples saw with amazement how the fig tree had dried to its roots (Mk 11,12-26).

The episode has always caught the attention of Bible readers, who wonder how is it possible that Jesus, a teacher full of kindness and mercy, in an attack of

Fury could have destroyed a harmless fig tree simply because it did not bear fruit.