31. He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
32. “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.
33. In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near — at the door!
34. I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.
35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
36. “Now concerning that day and hour no one knows — neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son — except the Father only.
37. As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
38. For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.
39. They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be: