13 28 'Learn a lesson from the fig-tree. When its tender shoots appear and are breaking into leaf, you know that summer is near. 13 29 In the same way, when you see all this happening, you may know that the end is near, Or: that he is near. at the very door. 13 30 I tell you this: the present generation will live to see it all. 13 31 Heaven and earth will pass away; my words will never pass away.