Luke 21:22-32

22 for these are ¹days of ²vengeance, to fulfill ³all that is written.

23 ⁴Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and ⁵wrath against this people.

24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and ⁶be led captive among all nations, and ⁷Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, ⁸until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Coming of the Son of Man

25 “And ⁹there will be signs in sun and moon ¹⁰and stars, and on the earth ¹¹distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,

26 people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For ¹²the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

27 And then they will see ¹³the Son of Man coming in a cloud ¹⁴with power and great glory.

28 Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and ¹⁵raise your heads, because ¹⁶your redemption is drawing near. ”

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

29 And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.

30 As soon as they come out in leaf, you see ¹⁷for yourselves and know that the summer is already near.

31 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

32 ¹⁸Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place.

Cross References

• 1. 21:22 Isa. 34:8; 63:4; Hos. 9:7
• 2. 21:22 [ch. 18:7, 8]
• 3. 21:22 See Matt. 1:22
• 4. 21:23 ch. 23:29
• 5. 21:23 1 Thess. 2:16
• 6. 21:24 [Deut. 28:64]
• 7. 21:24 Rev. 11:2; [Ps. 79:1; Isa. 63:3, 18; Dan. 8:13; Zech. 12:3]
• 8. 21:24 [Dan. 12:7; Rom. 11:25]
• 9. 21:25 Isa. 13:10; 24:23; Ezek. 32:7; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Acts 2:20; [Amos 5:20; 8:9; Zeph. 1:15; Rev. 6:12; 8:12]
• 10. 21:25 Rev. 6:13; [Isa. 14:12; 34:4]
• 11. 21:25 [Ps. 65:7]
• 12. 21:26 [Isa. 34:4]
• 13. 21:27 See Dan. 7:13
• 14. 21:27 Matt. 26:64; Mark 9:1; [Matt. 25:31]
• 15. 21:28 Job 10:15
• 16. 21:28 Rom. 8:23; Eph. 4:30; [Rom. 13:11]; See ch. 1:68
• 17. 21:30 ch. 12:57; [Matt. 16:3]
• 18. 21:32 See ch. 9:27