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Texts -- Luke 21:29 (NET)

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The Parable of the Fig Tree
21:29 Then he told them a parable : “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees .

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

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Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

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