Mark 13:28-37

New King James Version

The Parable of the Fig Tree^(A)

^28 (B)“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. ²⁹ So you also, when you see these things happening, know that ^[a]it is near—at the doors! ³⁰ Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. ³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but ^(C)My words will by no means pass away.

No One Knows the Day or Hour^(D)

³² “But of that day and hour ^(E)no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the ^(F)Father. ^33 (G)Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. ^34 (H)It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave ^(I)authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. ^35 (J)Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning— ³⁶ lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. ³⁷ And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”