The Parable of the Fig Tree
29 And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees.
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When they put out [foliage], now you see for yourselves [and] know that by this time the summer is near.
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So also you, when you see these [things] happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
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Truly I say to you that this generation will never pass away until all [things] take place!
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Be Alert
34 "But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly
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like a trap. For it will come upon all who reside on the face of the whole earth.
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But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these [things] [that] are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
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So [throughout] the days he was teaching in the temple [courts], and [throughout] the nights he was going out [and] spending the night on the hill that is called [the Mount] of Olives.
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And all the people were getting up very early in the morning [to come] to him in the temple [courts] to listen to him.