When Will Jesus Come Again?^(A)

³⁶ “No one knows when that day or ·time [hour] will be, not the angels in heaven, not even the Son.^[a] Only the Father knows. ³⁷ When the Son of Man comes [Dan. 7:13–14], it will be like what happened during Noah’s time. ³⁸ [^LFor] In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving their children to be married, until the day Noah entered the boat. ³⁹ They ·knew [understood] nothing about what was happening until the flood came and ·destroyed them [^Ltook/swept them all away]. It will be the same when the Son of Man comes. ⁴⁰ Two men will be in the field. One will be taken, and the other will be left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding grain with a ·mill [handmill; ^Ctwo large, round, flat rocks used for grinding grain to make flour]. One will be taken, and the other will be left.

⁴² “So ·always be ready [stay alert; keep watching], because you don’t know the day your Lord will come. ⁴³ ·Remember [Know] this: If the owner of the house knew what time of night a thief was coming, the owner would ·watch [have stayed alert; kept watching] and not let ·the thief break in [^Lhis house be broken into]. ⁴⁴ So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at a ·time [hour] you don’t expect him.

³² “No one knows when that day or ·time [hour] will be, not the angels in heaven, not even the Son. Only the Father knows.

³⁵ So ·always be ready [stay alert; keep watching], because you don’t know when the ·owner [master; lord] of the house will come back. It might be in the evening, or at midnight, or ·in the morning while it is still dark [^Lwhen the rooster crows], or when the sun rises.

³⁹ “·Remember [Know] this: If the owner of the house knew what time a thief was coming, he would not allow the thief to ·enter [break into] his house. ⁴⁰ So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man [^Ca title for the Messiah; Dan. 7:13–14] will come at a time when you don’t expect him!”

²⁶ Just as it was ·when Noah lived [^Lin the days of Noah; Gen. 6—9], so it will be ·when the Son of Man comes again [^Lin the days of the Son of Man]. ²⁷ People were eating, drinking, marrying, and ·giving their children to be married [or being given in marriage] until the day Noah entered the boat. Then the flood came and ·killed [destroyed] them all. ²⁸ It will be the same as ·during the time [^Lin the days] of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building. ²⁹ But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and ·sulfur [^Tbrimstone] rained down from ·the sky [heaven] and ·killed [destroyed] them all [Gen. 19]. ³⁰ This is how it will be ·when [^Lthe day] the Son of Man ·comes again [^Lis revealed].

³¹ “On that day, a person who is on the roof [^Croofs were typically flat and used as extra rooms] and whose belongings are in the house should not ·go inside [^Lcome down] to get them. A person who is in the field should not ·go back home [^Lturn back]. ³² Remember Lot’s wife [^Cwho was judged for longingly looking back at Sodom; Gen. 19:15–17, 26]. ³³ Those who try to ·keep [preserve; keep secure] their lives will lose them. But those who ·give up [lose; let go of] their lives will save them. ³⁴ I tell you, on that night two people will be sleeping in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. ³⁵ There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken, and the other will be left. |³⁶ Two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and the other will be left.|”^[a]