Upon seeing a fig tree along side of the road, He approached it [i.e., expecting to find fruit on it], but found nothing but leaves. He said to the tree, “There will not be fruit on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered up.
Mark 13:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) “Now learn this parable from the fig tree. When its tender sprouts appear and its leaves begin to develop, you know that summer is near. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now learn a lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its branch becomes tender and it puts forth its leaves, you recognize and know that summer is near. American Standard Version (1901) Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh; Common English Bible “Learn this parable from the fig tree. After its branch becomes tender and it sprouts new leaves, you know that summer is near. Catholic Public Domain Version Now from the fig tree discern a parable. When its branch becomes tender and the foliage has been formed, you know that summer is very near. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now of the fig tree learn ye a parable. When the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves are come forth, you know that summer is very near. |
Upon seeing a fig tree along side of the road, He approached it [i.e., expecting to find fruit on it], but found nothing but leaves. He said to the tree, “There will not be fruit on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered up.
And He will send out His angels and gather His elect [i.e., God’s people] from all directions, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of the sky [i.e., from throughout the whole world].
In the same way also, when you see these things happening, you [should] know that He [i.e., Jesus] is as near as your [front] door.