certainly not pass away without all these things having
first taken place.
024:035 Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words
will not pass away.
024:036 "But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even
the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
024:037 `For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming
of the Son of Man.
024:038 At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking,
taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah
entered the Ark,
024:039 nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept
them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
024:040 Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away,
and one left behind.
024:041 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away,
and one left behind.
024:042 Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on
which your Lord is coming.
024:043 But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known
the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake,
and not have allowed his house to be broken into.
024:044 Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you
do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.
024:045 "Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom
his master has entrusted the control of his household to give
them their rations at the appointed time?
024:046 Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall
find so doing!
024:047 In solemn truth I tell you that he will give him the management