Matthew 24:32-41

Parable of the Fig Tree

32 "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near;

33 so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right ¹at the door.

34 "Truly I say to you, ²this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

35 "³Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

36 "But ⁴of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

37 "For the ⁵coming of the Son of Man will be ⁶just like the days of Noah.

38 "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ⁷marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ⁸Noah entered the ark,

39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ⁹coming of the Son of Man be.

40 "Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.

41 "¹⁰Two women will be grinding at the ¹¹mill; one will be taken and one will be left.

Cross References

• 1. James 5:9; Revelation 3:20
• 2. Matthew 10:23; Matthew 16:28; Matthew 23:36
• 3. Matthew 5:18; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33
• 4. Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7
• 5. Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:3, 30, 39
• 6. Genesis 6:5; Genesis 7:6-23; Luke 17:26
• 7. Matthew 22:30
• 8. Genesis 7:7
• 9. Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:3, 30, 37
• 10. Luke 17:35
• 11. Exodus 11:5; Deuteronomy 24:6; Isaiah 47:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "know"
• [b]. Or "it"
• [c]. Lit "doors"
• [d]. Or "race"
• [e]. Lit "just as...were the days"
• [f]. Lit "know"
• [g]. Lit "is"
• [h]. Lit "is"
• [i]. I.e. handmill
• [j]. Lit "is"
• [k]. Lit "is"