Luke 17:28-37

EasyEnglish Bible

²⁸ The same kind of thing happened when Lot was alive.^[a] People in the city of Sodom were eating their meals every day. They were buying and selling things. They were planting their seeds and they were building their houses. ²⁹ But one day Lot went away from Sodom. On that same day, God caused it to rain fire and burning stones from the sky. This killed all the people in Sodom.

³⁰ It will happen quickly like that, on the day when I, the Son of Man, show myself clearly. ³¹ On that day, a person who is up on the roof of his house must not go back down into the house. He must not get his things that are inside the house to take with him. In the same way, people that are working outside in their fields must not go back to their homes. ³² Remember what happened to Lot's wife.^[b]

³³ Whoever wants to keep his own life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life. ³⁴ I tell you this. At that time, two men will be sleeping in one bed. God will take one of them away but he will leave the other man behind. ^35-36 Two women will be preparing food together in the same place. God will take one of them away but he will leave the other one behind.’

³⁷ Jesus' disciples asked him, ‘Where will this happen?’ Jesus replied, ‘If a dead body is lying somewhere, vultures will come together in that place.’^[c]