Luke 21:29 Meaning and Explanation
“And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;”
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What Does Luke 21:29 Mean?
To seal the lesson, Jesus reaches for the most ordinary of teachers: an orchard. Behold the fig tree, and all the trees, he says, beginning a short parable. The fig tree, common across Judaea and late to leaf, was a familiar calendar; Luke notes that Jesus widened the lesson to every tree.
The Lord loves to hang eternal truths on everyday things: seed, bread, lamps, leaves. He dignifies ordinary observation as a school for faith, inviting his hearers to bring the same simple attentiveness they use in a garden to the promises of God. Those who can read a branch, he implies, can learn to read their times.
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What does Luke 21:29 mean?
Jesus begins a parable: behold the fig tree and all the trees.