Parable of the Budding Fig Tree

The Parable of the Budding Fig Tree is a parable told by Jesus in the New Testament, found in,, and. This parable, about the Kingdom of God, involves a fig tree, as does the equally brief parable of the barren [fig tree].

Narrative

According to the Gospel of Luke:

Luke presents this parable as eschatological in nature: like the leaves of the fig tree, the signs spoken of in the Olivet Discourse of indicate the coming of the Kingdom of [God (Christianity)|Kingdom of God].
As the British scholar and theologian N. 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."