Matthew 24:32 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³² “Now learn this parable [i.e., a brief analogy to illustrate a lesson] 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

³² Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² From the fig tree learn this lesson: as soon as its young shoots become soft and tender and it puts out its leaves, you know of a surety that summer is near.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² 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

³² “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

³² So, from the fig tree learn a parable. When its branch has now become tender and the leaves have sprung forth, you know that summer is near.

Matthew 24:32 Cross References

Matthew 24:31

And He will send out His angels [i.e., as messengers] with the sound of a great trumpet [See I Thess. 4:16] to gather His elect [i.e., God’s people] from all directions, [even] from throughout the whole world. [Note: See Mark 13:27, which suggests this thought by its use of ‘earth’ and ‘sky’]

Matthew 24:33

In the same way also, when you see all these things happening, you [should] know that He [i.e., Jesus] is as near as your [front] door.