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He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.
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When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
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Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
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Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
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"So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
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For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
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Therefore be watchful all the time, asking that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
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Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he went out, and spent the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
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All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.