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Mark 13:28

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

KJV

Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν. ὅταν αὐτῆς ἤδη ὁ κλάδος ἁπαλὸς γένηται καὶ ἐκφύῃ τὰ φύλλα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος ἐστίν·

Greek NT

A ficu autem discite parabolam. Cum jam ramus ejus tener fuerit, et nata fuerint folia, cognoscitis quia in proximo sit æstas :

Vulgate

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;

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θέρος
theros
noun · 3×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλάδος
klados
noun · 11×
μανθάνω
manthano
verb · 25×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
συκῆ
suke
noun · 16×
φύλλον
phullon
noun · 6×
ἀπαλός
apalos
adjective · 2×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐγγύς
eggus
adverb · 30×
ἐκφύω
ekphuo
verb · 2×
ἤδη
ede
adverb · 58×
o
article · 19778×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς | WH/Treg/NIV: ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς | RP: αὐτῆς ἤδη ὁ κλάδος
  • ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆςSBLGNT
  • ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτῆς ἤδη ὁ κλάδοςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Luke 21:29 — And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
  • Luke 21:29 — And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
  • Matt 24:32 — Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
  • Matt 24:32 — Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: