29 Then he told them a parable: “Watch the fig tree and all the trees. 30 Whenever you see shoots start appearing, you know that summer is not far away. 31 Similarly when you all see those things starting to happen, you will know that God’s kingdom is close.

32 “I can assure you all that that generation certainly won’t pass away until all those events come to the end. 33 The sky and the earth will pass away, but my statements will certainly not pass away.

28 “So learn a lesson from fig trees—whenever the branches green up and start sprouting leaves and then everyone knows that summer is close. 29 So too whenever you see all these things happening, you know that the end of this current world is close. 30 I can assure you that the generation of people who see these things won’t die off before these latter things happen. 31 The sky and the planet might collapse, but my teachings will never become irrelevant.

32 “So learn the parable about the fig tree: whenever its branches green up and leaves start to sprout out, you know that summer is coming. 33 In the same way, whenever you see all those things happening, you’ll know then that the end of this age is very close. 34 I can assure you that that generation won’t pass away until all of those things happen. 35 The sky and the earth will pass away, but my messages will certainly not pass away.