Luke 21:28-38

28 "But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because ¹your redemption is drawing near."

29 Then He told them a parable: "Behold the fig tree and all the trees;

30 as soon * as they put forth leaves, you see it and ²know for yourselves that summer is now near.

31 "So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that ³the kingdom of God is near.

32 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.

33 "⁴Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

34 "⁵Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.

36 "But ⁶keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to ⁷stand before the Son of Man."

37 Now during the day He was ⁸teaching in the temple, but ⁹at evening He would go out and spend the night on ¹⁰the mount that is called Olivet.

38 And all the people would get up ¹¹early in the morning to come to Him in the temple to listen to Him.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 18:7
• 2. Luke 12:57
• 3. Matthew 3:2
• 4. Matthew 5:18; Luke 16:17
• 5. Matthew 24:42-44; Mark 4:19; Luke 12:40, 45; 1 Thessalonians 5:2f
• 6. Mark 13:33; Luke 12:40
• 7. Luke 1:19; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 8:2; Revelation 11:4
• 8. Matthew 26:55; Luke 19:47
• 9. Mark 11:19
• 10. Matthew 21:1
• 11. John 8:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "know"
• [b]. Or "race"
• [c]. Lit "days"
• [d]. Lit "nights"
• [e]. Or "the hill"
• [f]. Or "Olive Grove"