²⁹Then He told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. ³⁰As soon as they put out leaves you can see for yourselves and recognize that summer is already near. ³¹In the same way, when you see these things happening, recognize ^rthat the kingdom of God is near. ³²^•I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all things take place. ^s³³Heaven and earth will pass away, ^tbut My words will never pass away. ^u

The Need for Watchfulness

³⁴“Be on your guard, ^vso that your minds are not dulled ^wfrom carousing, ^xdrunkenness, ^yand worries of life, ^zor that day will come on you unexpectedly ^a³⁵like a trap. For it will come on all who live on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶But be alert at all times, ^bpraying that you may have strength ^cto escape ^dall these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

³⁷During ^ethe day, He was teaching in the temple complex, ^fbut in the evening He would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives. ^g³⁸Then all the people would come early in the morning to hear Him in the temple complex. ^h

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Footnotes

r21:31 Or you know
•This is a phrase used only by Jesus to testify to the certainty and importance of His words; in Mt, Mk, and Lk it is literally Amen, I say to you; in Jn it is literally Amen, amen, I say to you.
w21:34 your hearts are not weighed down
x21:34 Or hangovers
c21:36 Other read you may be counted worthy

Cross references

s21:32 Lk 9:27
t21:33 Ps 102:26; Is 51:6; 2Pt 3:10
u21:33 Ps 119:89; Is 40:8; Mt 5:18; Lk 16:17; 1Pt 1:23, 25
v21:34 Lk 17:3
y21:34 Rm 13:13
z21:34 Mt 13:22; Mk 4:19; 1Th 5:6–7; 1Pt 4:7
a21:34 Lk 12:40; 1Th 5:3
b21:36 Mt 25:13; 26:41; Mk 14:34–38; Lk 12:37; Ac 20:31; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:18; 1Th 5:6; 1Pt 5:8
d21:36 Rm 2:3; 1Th 5:3; Heb 2:3
e21:37–38 Jn 8:1–2
f21:37 Mt 26:55
g21:37 Mt 21:1; Lk 22:39; Jn 8:1; 18:2
h21:38 Jn 8:2