Mark 13:28

New American Bible - revised edition

“Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

Cross References

Matthew 21:19

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went over to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again.” And immediately the fig tree withered.

Mark 13:27

and then he will send out the angels and gather [his] elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky. The Lesson of the Fig Tree.

Mark 13:29

In the same way, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, at the gates.