When you see their leaves beginning to appear, you know that summer is near.
“Let the fig tree teach you a lesson. When its branches become green and tender and it starts putting out leaves, you know that summer is near.
“Why do you not judge for yourselves the right thing to do?
Then Jesus told them this parable: “Think of the fig tree and all the other trees.
Put yourselves to the test and judge yourselves, to find out whether you are living in faith. Surely you know that Christ Jesus is in you?—unless you have completely failed.