Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

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A Time for Everything

3 There is a time^(A) for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:

²    a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,^(B)
³    a time to kill^(C) and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
⁴    a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
⁵    a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
⁶    a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
⁷    a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent^(D) and a time to speak,
⁸    a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

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Matthew 24:39-44

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³⁹and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.^(A) ⁴⁰Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.^(B) ⁴¹Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.^(C)

⁴²“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.^(D) ⁴³But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming,^(E) he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴So you also must be ready,^(F) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.