Mark 13:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁸ “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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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)

²⁸ 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

²⁸ “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

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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.

Mark 13:28 Cross References

Matthew 21:19

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 13:27

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].

Mark 13:29

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.