32"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.


In Context

29 "Immediately after the distress of those days " 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'

30 "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory.

31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.

33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.

34 I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

Matthew 24:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:32And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:32Now 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:32But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the summer is near.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:32Now 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;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:32Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When its branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:32|Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:32And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer is nigh,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near: