² For I have said, Mercy and loving-kindness shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness will You establish in the very heavens [unchangeable and perpetual].

³⁴ Truly I tell you, this generation (^[a]the whole multitude of people living at the same time, ^[b]in a definite, ^[c]given period) will not pass away till all these things ^[d]taken together take place.

^35 [e]Sky and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

²⁵ But the Word of the Lord (^[a]divine instruction, the Gospel) endures forever. And this Word is the good news which was preached to you.^(A)