TheParable of the Budding Fig Tree is aparable told byJesus in theNew Testament, found inMatthew 24:32–35,Mark 13:28–31, andLuke 21:29–33. This parable, about theKingdom of God, involves afig tree, as does the equally briefparable of the barren fig tree.
According to the Gospel of Luke:
Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees; as soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away."
Luke presents this parable aseschatological in nature:[1] like the leaves of the fig tree, the signs spoken of in theOlivet Discourse ofLuke 21:5–28 indicate the coming of theKingdom of God.
As the British scholar and theologianN. T. Wright has written, "Already present in Jesus' ministry, and climactically inaugurated in his death and resurrection, the divine kingdom will be manifest within a generation, when Jesus and his followers are vindicated in and through the destruction of Jerusalem."[2]
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