Mark 13: 24-37

 

24: But in those days, after that distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light;

25: the stars will come falling from the sky, the celestial powers will be shaken.

26: Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory,

27: and He will send out the angels and gather His chosen from the four winds, form the farthest bounds of the earth to the farthest bounds of heaven.

28: “Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its tender shoots appear and are breaking into leaf, you know that summer is near.

29: In the same way, when you see all this happening, you may know hat the end is near, at the very door.

30: Truly I tell you: the present generation will live to see it all.

31: Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

32: “Yet about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son; no one but the Father.

33: “Be on your guard, keep watch. You do not now when the moment is coming.

34: It is like a man away from home: he has left his house and put his servants in charge, each with his own work to do, and he has ordered the door-keeper to stay awake.

35: Keep awake, then, for you do not know when the master of the house will come. Evening or midnight, cock-crow or early dawn –

36: if he comes suddenly, do not let him find you asleep.

37: And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep awake.”