Thanksgiving

Whenever I read Mark 11 my focus had always been on Jesus speaking about the importance of belief and faith in action (verse 22 to verse 24). But, while reading that chapter today my attention was drawn towards verse 12 to verse 14.  12  The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.   13  Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.   14  Then he said to the tree,  “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” I was surprised to see Jesus getting angry not just that but, he cursed the fig tree which is quite unusual of Him. The big question I had in my mind was - why will Jesus curse that fig tree knowing that it was not the season for figs. The only thing that came in my mind was that fig tree had leaves and it was deceptive but cudnt quite connect the two. gotquestions.org set the context for me by explaining the characteristics of the fig tree.