Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Do Not Be Deceived. My Coming Will Be As Visible To All As Lightning

²³ Then^[a] if someone says to you, ‘Behold— here is the Christ,’ or ‘Here’, do not believe it. ²⁴ For false-christs and false-prophets will arise and give great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the chosen ones. ²⁵ Behold— I have told you beforehand. ²⁶ Therefore, if they say to you, ‘Behold— He is in the wilderness’, do not go out; ‘Behold— He is in the inner-rooms’, do not believe it. ²⁷ For just as the lightning comes out from the east and is visible^[b] as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. ²⁸ Wherever the corpse^[c] may be, there the vultures will be gathered.

After That Affliction, The Powers Will Be Shaken. I Will Come On The Clouds In Glory

²⁹ “And immediately after the affliction of those days, the sun^[d] will be darkened, and the moon will not give its glow, and the stars will fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰ And then^[e] the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the heaven. And at-that-time all the tribes of the earth will beat-their-breasts. And they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And He will send-out His angels with a loud trumpet. And they will gather together His chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends^[f] of the heavens to their [other] ends.

The Parable of The Fig Tree: When You See These Things, You Know I Am Near

³² “Now learn the parable from the fig-tree^[g]: when its branch already becomes tender and grows-out its leaves, you know that the summer is near. ³³ So also you— when you see all^[h] these things, you know^[i] that He^[j] is near, at the doors. ³⁴ Truly I say to you that this^[k] generation will by no means pass away until all these things take place. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by-no-means pass away.