30. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32. “Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
33. So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.
34. I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
36. “But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven – except the Father alone.
37. For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
38. For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.