⁴⁰ You also must be ^(A)ready, for ^(B)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

^48 (A)But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, ^(B)will receive a light beating. ^(C)Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹ “There was a rich man who was clothed in ^(A)purple and fine linen and ^(B)who feasted sumptuously every day. ²⁰ And at his gate ^(C)was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, ²¹ who desired to be fed with ^(D)what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. ²² The poor man died and was carried by ^(E)the angels ^(F)to Abraham's side.^[a] The rich man also died and was buried, ²³ and in ^(G)Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and ^(H)saw Abraham far off and Lazarus ^(I)at his side. ²⁴ And he called out, ^(J)‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and ^(K)cool my tongue, for ^(L)I am in anguish in this flame.’ ²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ^(M)you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. ²⁶ And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’

²² And he said to the disciples, ^(A)“The days are coming when you will desire ^(B)to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ^23 (C)And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. ^24 (D)For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be ^(E)in his day.^{[a] 25} But first ^(F)he must suffer many things and ^(G)be rejected by this generation. ^26 (H)Just as it was in the days of ^(I)Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. ^27 (J)They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise, just as it was in the days of ^(K)Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, ^29 (L)but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— ³⁰ so will it be ^(M)on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. ³¹ On that day, ^(N)let the one who is on ^(O)the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. ^32 (P)Remember Lot's wife. ^33 (Q)Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will ^(R)keep it. ³⁴ I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. ^35 (S)There will be two women ^(T)grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.”^{[b] 37} And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, ^(U)“Where the corpse^[c] is, there the vultures^[d] will gather.”

²⁷ And then they will see ^(A)the Son of Man coming in a cloud ^(B)with power and great glory. ²⁸ Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and ^(C)raise your heads, because ^(D)your redemption is drawing near.”