Luke 21:29

And He spoke a parable to them. "See," He said, "the fig-tree and all the trees.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

In Context

28But when all this is beginning to take place, grieve no longer. Lift up your heads, because your deliverance is drawing near."

30As soon as they have shot out their leaves, you know at a glance that summer is now near.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:32"Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all 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 →

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