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.

^32 (A)But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

³³ “Watch out, ^(B)stay alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is. ^34 (C)It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and ^[a]putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert. ³⁵ Therefore, ^(D)stay alert—for you do not know when the ^[b]master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or ^(E)when the rooster crows, or ^(F)in the morning— ³⁶ so that he does not come suddenly and find you ^(G)asleep. ³⁷ What I say to you I say to all: ‘^(H)Stay alert!’”

³⁴ “But ^(A)be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that ^[a]this day will not come on you suddenly, like a trap; ³⁵ for it will come upon all those who live on the face of all the earth. ³⁶ But ^(B)stay alert at all times, praying that you will have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to ^(C)stand before the Son of Man.”

³⁷ Now ^[b]during the day He was ^(D)teaching in the temple, but ^[c](E)at evening He would go out and spend the night on ^(F)the ^[d]mountain that is called ^[e]Olivet. ³⁸ And all the people would get up ^(G)very early in the morning to come to Him in the temple to listen to Him.