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28  Now de from apo the ho fig sykē tree learn manthanō its ho parable parabolē: As soon as hotan · ho its autos bough klados becomes ginomai tender hapalos and kai puts ekphyō out its ho leaves phyllon, you know ginōskō that hoti summer theros is eimi near engys. · ho 29 So houtōs also kai, when hotan you hymeis see these houtos things taking ginomai place , you know ginōskō that hoti he is eimi near engys, at epi the gates thura. 30 I tell legō you hymeis the truth amēn, this houtos generation genea will not ou mē pass parerchomai away · ho until mechri hos all pas these houtos things begin to take place ginomai. 31 · ho Heaven ouranos and kai · ho earth will pass away parerchomai, · ho but de my egō words logos will never ou mē pass away parerchomai.

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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; C either 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 [T Heaven and earth will pass away], but the words I have said will never ·be destroyed [pass away].

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