Matthew 24:36-51

English Standard Version

No One Knows That Day and Hour

³⁶“But concerning that day and hour ^(A)no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, ^(B)nor the Son,^[a] ^(C)but the Father only. ³⁷^(D)For as were the days of Noah, ^(E)so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸^(F)For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^(G)marrying and giving in marriage, until ^(H)the day when Noah entered the ark, ³⁹and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, ^(I)so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. ⁴¹^(J)Two women will be grinding ^(K)at the mill; one will be taken and one left. ⁴²Therefore, ^(L)stay awake, for you do not know on what day ^(M)your Lord is coming. ⁴³^(N)But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night ^(O)the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴Therefore you also must be ^(P)ready, for ^(Q)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

⁴⁵“Who then is ^(R)the faithful and ^(S)wise servant,^[b] whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶^(T)Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. ⁴⁷Truly, I say to you, ^(U)he will set him over all his possessions. ⁴⁸But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master ^(V)is delayed,’ ⁴⁹and begins to beat his fellow servants^[c] and eats and drinks with ^(W)drunkards, ⁵⁰the master of that servant will come ^(X)on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know ⁵¹and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place ^(Y)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.