31 At the sound of a loud trumpet, he will send his angels to bring his chosen ones together from all over the earth.
32 Learn a lesson from a fig tree. When its branches sprout and start putting out leaves, you know summer is near.
33 So when you see all these things happening, you will know the time has almost come.
34 I can promise you that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all this happens.
35 The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will.
36 No one knows the day or hour. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know. Only the Father knows.
37 When the Son of Man appears, things will be just as they were when Noah lived.