when it's planted it comes up and becomes larger than all the garden plants. It grows such large branches that the birds in the sky can nest in its shade."

Many people spread their coats on the road, while others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields.

"Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near.

I tell all of you with certainty, I'll never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."