³⁶ “But ^(A)about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. ³⁷ For ^[a]the ^(B)coming of the Son of Man will be ^(C)just like the days of Noah. ³⁸ For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^(D)marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ^(E)Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and they did not ^[b]understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ^(F)coming of the Son of Man be. ⁴⁰ At that time there will be two men in the field; one ^[c]will be taken and one ^[d]will be left. ^41 (G)Two women will be grinding at the ^[e](H)mill; one ^[f]will be taken and one ^[g]will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

⁴² “Therefore ^(I)be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But ^[h]be sure of this, that ^(J)if the head of the house had known ^(K)at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ For this reason ^(L)you must be ready as well; for ^(M)the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

⁴⁵ “^(N)Who then is the ^(O)faithful and ^(P)sensible slave whom his ^[i]master ^(Q)put in charge of his household slaves, to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that slave whom his ^[j]master finds so doing when he comes. ⁴⁷ Truly I say to you that ^(R)he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁸ But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My ^[k]master ^[l]is not coming for a long time,’ ⁴⁹ and he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and he eats and drinks with those habitually drunk; ⁵⁰ then the ^[m]master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know, ⁵¹ and he will ^[n]cut him in two and assign ^[o]him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^(S)weeping and gnashing of teeth.