NARRATOR: Jesus spoke to his disciples about the coming of the Son of Man.
JESUS 1: In those days after trials of every kind, the sun will grow dark.
JESUS 2: The moon will have no light.
JESUS 3: The stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
JESUS 4: Then people will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. He will dispatch his messengers and gather his chosen ones from the four winds, from the farthest bounds of the earth and sky.
JESUS 1: Learn a lesson from the fig tree.
JESUS 2: When the sap begins to run into its branches and the tree begins to break into leaf,
JESUS 3: then you will know summer is near.
JESUS 4: In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know the Son of Man is near, even at the door.
JESUS 1: I assure you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
JESUS 2: The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will not.
JESUS 3: About the day or hour when these things will happen, no one knows.
JESUS 4: Neither the angels in heaven nor even the Son, only the Father.
Mark 13.24-32
Sunday Readings: Daniel 12.1-3 Hebrews 10.11-14, 18 Mark 13.24-32