25 `And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and  on the land [is] distress of nations with perplexity, sea and  billow roaring;
         
                                
                        26 men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the  things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens  shall be shaken.
         
                                
                        27 `And then they shall see the Son of Man, coming in a  cloud, with power and much glory;
         
                                
                        28 and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back,  and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw  nigh.`
         
                                
                        29 And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all  the trees,
         
                                
                        30 when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves  ye know that now is the summer nigh;
         
                                
                        31 so also ye, when ye may see these things happening, ye  know that near is the reign of God;