37 For just as the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. 38 For as in the days[a] before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark. 39 And they did not know anything[b] until the deluge came and swept them[c] all away. So also the coming of the Son of Man will be.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:38 Some manuscripts have “those days”
  2. Matthew 24:39 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Matthew 24:39 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

37 As it was in the days of Noah,(A) so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,(B) up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.(C)

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