And ye, take ye the likeness thereof (learn a parable) from the fig-tree: so soon as the shoot thereof is come forth and the twigs grown, the end of the world shall come.
2And I, Peter, answered and said unto him: Interpret unto me concerning the fig-tree, whereby we shall perceive it; for throughout all its days doth the fig-tree send forth shoots, and every year it bringeth forth its fruit for its master.
3What then meaneth the parable of the fig-tree?
4We know it not.
5And the Master (Lord) answered and said unto me: Understandest thou not that the fig-tree is the house of Israel?
6Even as a man that planted a fig-tree in his garden, and it brought forth no fruit.
7And he sought the fruit thereof many years, and when he found it not, he said to the keeper of his garden: Root up this fig-tree that it make not our ground to be unfruitful.
8And the gardener said unto God: (Suffer us) to rid it of weeds and dig the ground round about it and water it.
9If then it bear not fruit, we will straightway remove its roots out of the garden and plant another in place of it.
10Hast thou not understood that the fig-tree is the house of Israel?
11Verily: I say unto thee, when the twigs thereof have sprouted forth in the last days, then shall feigned Christs come and awake expectation, saying: I am the Christ, that am now come into the world.
12And when they (Israel) shall perceive the wickedness of their deeds they shall turn away after them and deny him [whom our fathers did praise], even the first Christ whom they crucified and therein sinned a great sin.
13But this deceiver is not the Christ.
14And when they reject him he shall slay with the sword, and there shall be many martyrs.
15Then shall the twigs of the fig-tree, that is, the house of Israel, shoot forth: many shall become martyrs at his hand.
16Enoch and Elias shall be sent to teach them that this is the deceiver which must come into the world and do signs and wonders to deceive.
17And therefore shall they that die by his hand be martyrs, and shall be reckoned among the good and righteous martyrs who have pleased God in their life.