Matthew Poole and continuators on Mark 11:23

23 For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith, shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith.

See the Notes on Matth. 20.21. It is I confess the opinion of many excellent Interpreters, whom I Reverence, that the main end of our Saviours Cursing, and Blasting this Fig-tree, was to let his Disciples see in a Type, what would be the Consequent of a Spiritual Barrenness. That Spiritual Barrenness is exceeding dangerous, is out of question; our Saviour teacheth it us plainly by another Parable of the Fig-tree, Luke 13.7, 8.9. and the Apostle teacheth us it, Heb. 6.7, 8. But I see nothing to Guide us to any such Interpretation of this Action of his, which was a Miraculous operation by which, as he, 1. plainly shewed his Divine Power. So 2. these Verses inform us, that it was his design to shew his People the Power of Faith, that is, a full persuasion, that whatsoever we ask of God according to his Will, and which may tend to his Glory, shall be done for us. Which Interpretation of this Action of our Saviours, solves all the difficulties relating to this Story, about which Interpreters have so disquieted themselves.