The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Mark 13

²⁸ _c "Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. ²⁹ "So you also, when you see these things happening, know that ₁ it ₁ is near - at the doors! ³⁰ "Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. ³¹ "Heaven and earth will pass away, but _d My words will by no means pass away.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 24:32
   Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.
   Luke 21:29
   Then He spoke to them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 40:8
   The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.
   2 Peter 3:7
   But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
   2 Peter 3:10
   But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
   2 Peter 3:12
   Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?