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:
Matthew 24:32 in other translations
| BSB | Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. |
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| WEB | “Now from the fig tree learn this parable: When its branch has now become tender and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near. |
| ASV | 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; |
| YLT | ‘And 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, |
| DARBY | But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the summer is near. |
| BBE | Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near; |
| Webster | Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When its branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: |
What does Matthew 24:32 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Fig tree. This was spoken on the Mount of Olives, which produced not only olives, but figs. Possibly one was near when he spoke this.
When his branch, etc. When the juices return from the roots into the branches, and the buds swell and burst, as if tender, and too feeble to-contain the pressing and expanding leaves. When you see that, you judge that spring and summer are near.
(g) "learn" Lk 21:29
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 24:29-41
Christ foretells his second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express the greatness and certainty of them. Concerning Christ's second coming, it is foretold that there shall be a great change, in order to the making all things new. Then they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds. At his first coming, he was set for a sign that should be spoken against, but at…
Matthew 24:32 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 24:32
- Mark 13:28-29
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
- Luke 21:29-30
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
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Context
- Matthew 24:31
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
- 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:
- Matthew 24:33
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Matthew 24:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De la higuera aprended la parábola: Cuando ya su rama se enternece, y las hojas brotan, sabéis que el verano está cerca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais apprenez du figuier la parabole qu’il vous offre: Quand déjà son rameau est tendre et qu’il pousse des feuilles, vous connaissez que l’été est proche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Von dem Feigenbaum aber lernet das Gleichnis: Wenn sein Zweig schon weich geworden ist und die Blätter hervortreibt, so erkennet ihr, daß der Sommer nahe ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ab arbore autem fici discite parabolam: cum jam ramus ejus tener fuerit, et folia nata, scitis quia prope est æstas: |