Mark 13:28-31

Expanded Bible

²⁸ “Learn a ·lesson [parable; analogy] from the fig tree: When its branches ·become green and soft [become tender; sprout] and new leaves appear, you know summer is near. ²⁹ In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that ·the time [or he] is near, ·ready to come [right at the door]. ³⁰ I tell you the truth, all these things will happen ·while the people of this time are still living [before this generation passes away; ^Ceither the generation that sees the destruction of Jerusalem (ad 70), or a future generation of the end times]. ³¹ ·Earth and sky will be destroyed [^THeaven and earth will pass away], but the words I have said will never ·be destroyed [pass away].