Luke 21:29
Then he told them this story as an illustration. “Look at the fig tree, or any other kind of tree.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
In Context
28But when these things happen, stand up and look up, because you will soon be saved.”
30When you see new leaves appear, you don't need to be told that summer is near.
Cross References
Matthew 24:32Learn an illustration from the fig tree. When its shoots become tender and leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is coming.
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 →