30. and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
31. He will send out his angels with a great sound of a shofar, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
32. “Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
33. Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34. Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
36. But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37. “As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
38. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,