The Unknown Day and Hour^(A)

³² “But concerning that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ³³ Take heed, watch and pray. For you do not know when the time will come. ³⁴ For the Son of Man is like a man leaving on a far journey who left his house and gave authority to his servants and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

³⁵ “Watch therefore—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or at midnight, or at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning— ³⁶ lest he come suddenly and find you sleeping. ³⁷ What I say to you I say to all: Watch!”

²⁶ “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. ²⁷ They were eating, drinking, marrying, and were given in marriage until the day when Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

²⁸ “Likewise as it was in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. ²⁹ But on the day that Lot departed from Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

³⁰ “So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

³⁴ I tell you, on that night two men will be in one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left. ³⁵ Two women will be grinding grain together; the one will be taken and the other will be left. ³⁶ Two men will be in the field; the one will be taken and the other will be left.”