# Connecting Statement:

This happens while Jesus and his disciples are walking to Jerusalem.

# if he could find any fruit on it

"if there was any fruit on it"

# he found nothing but leaves

This means that he did not find any figs. Alternate translation: "he found only leaves and no figs on the tree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])

# the season

"the time of year"