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

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Now learn a parable - See the notes at Mat 13:3. The word here means, rather, "an illustration" make a "comparison," or judge of this as you do respecting a fig-tree.

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 ... - 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.
 
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3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
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:
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
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?