Matthew 24:30–51

³⁰“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth ^bwill mourn; ^cand they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ^d31He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet, ^eand they will gather His elect from the four winds, ^ffrom one end of the sky to the other.

The Parable of the Fig Tree

³²“Now learn this parable ^gfrom the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. ³³In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize ^hthat He ⁱis near—at the door! ^j34I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place. ^k35Heaven and earth will pass away, ^lbut My words will never pass away. ^m

No One Knows the Day or Hour

³⁶“Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son ⁿ—except the Father only. ^o37As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. ³⁸For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark. ^p39They didn’t know ^quntil the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be: ⁴⁰Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one left. ⁴¹Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one left. ^r42Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day ^syour Lord is coming. ^t43But know this: If the homeowner had known what time ^uthe thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into. ^v44This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. ^w

Faithful Service to the Messiah

⁴⁵“Who then is a faithful and sensible ^•slave, ^xwhom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time? ^y46That slave whose master finds him working ^zwhen he comes will be rewarded. ⁴⁷I assure you: He will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁸But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’ ⁴⁹and starts to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards, ^a50that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. ⁵¹He will cut him to pieces ^band assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.