28. “The fig tree teaches us a lesson: When its branches become green and soft, and new leaves begin to grow, then you know that summer is near.
29. So also when you see all these things happening, then you will know that the time is near, ready to come.
30. I tell you the truth. All these things will happen while the people of this time are still living.
31. The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.
32. “No one knows when that day or time will be. The Son and the angels in heaven don’t know. Only the Father knows.