Matthew 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:
KJV
Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν. ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς γένηται ἁπαλὸς καὶ τὰ φύλλα ἐκφύῃ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος·
Greek NT
Ab arbore autem fici discite parabolam : cum jam ramus ejus tener fuerit, et folia nata, scitis quia prope est 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
And from the fig tree learn a parable: When the branch thereof is now tender and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Luke 12:56 — Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
- 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;
- 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:
- 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:
- Matt 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
- Matt 24:3 — And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?