(29)And immediately, after the affliction of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken. (30)And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth[24:30] mourn, and shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. (31)And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (32)And learn the parable from the fig-tree: When its branch is already become tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that the summer is near. (33)So also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors. (34)Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass, till all these things are done. (35)Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away. (36)But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. (37)But as the days of Noah, so shall be also the coming of the Son of man. (38)For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, (39)and knew not until the flood came, and took all away; so shall be also the coming of the Son of man. (40)Then shall there be two men in the field, one is taken, and one is left; (41)two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, and one is left. (42)Watch therefore; for ye know not in what day[24:42] your Lord comes. (43)But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. (44)Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man comes. (45)Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord set over his household, to give them their food in due season? (46)Happy that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing! (47)Verily I say to you, that he will set him over all his goods. (48)But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays his coming; (49)and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; (50)the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not aware; (51)and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! XXV.