31 The great trumpet will sound, and he will send out his angels to the four corners of the earth, and they will gather his chosen people from one end of the world to the other.
32 “Let the fig tree teach you a lesson. When its branches become green and tender and it starts putting out leaves, you know that summer is near.
33 In the same way, when you see all these things, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.
34 Remember that all these things will happen before the people now living have all died.
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
36 “No one knows, however, when that day and hour will come—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son; the Father alone knows.
37 The coming of the Son of Man will be like what happened in the time of Noah.