Luke 21:29
And he told them a comparison: “Take notice of the fig tree and of all the trees.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
In Context
30When presently they produce fruit from themselves, you know that summer is near.
Cross References
Matthew 24:32So, from the fig tree learn a parable. When its branch has now become tender and the leaves have sprung forth, you know that summer is near.
Matthew Henry on Luke 21:21-29
Judgments Predicted. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the… Read the whole commentary →