³⁰“Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth^c will mournⁱ when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven,^j with power and great glory.^d ³¹And he will send his angels^k with a loud trumpet call,^l and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

³²“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. ³³Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it^e is near, right at the door.^m ³⁴Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.ⁿ ³⁵Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.^o

The Day and Hour Unknown

24:37–39pp—Lk 17:26,27 24:45–51pp—Lk 12:42–46

³⁶“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,^f but only the Father.^p ³⁷As it was in the days of Noah,^q so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,^r up to the day Noah entered the ark; ³⁹and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.^s ⁴⁰Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.^t ⁴¹Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.^u

Read in Logos

Matthew 24:35: Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Footnotes

cOr the tribes of the land
dSee Daniel 7:13–14.
eOr he
fSome manuscripts do not have nor the Son.

Cross references

i Rev 1:7
jSee Rev 1:7
k Mt 13:41
l Isa 27:13; Zec 9:14; 1 Co 15:52; 1 Th 4:16; Rev 8:2; 10:7; 11:15
m Jas 5:9
n Mt 16:28; See 23:36
oSee Mt 5:18
p Ac 1:7
q Ge 6:5; 7:6–23
r Mt 22:30
sSee Lk 17:30
t Lk 17:34
u Lk 17:35