¹⁸ But I will establish ^(A)My covenant with you; and ^(B)you shall enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

¹³ On this very day ^(A)Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,

³⁸ For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^(A)marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ^(B)Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and they did not ^[a]understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ^(C)coming of the Son of Man be. ⁴⁰ Then there will be two in the field; one ^[b]will be taken, and one ^[c]will be left. ^41 (D)Two women will be grinding grain at the ^[d](E)mill; one ^[e]will be taken and one ^[f]will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

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

⁴⁵ “^(K)Who then is the ^(L)faithful and ^(M)prudent slave whom his ^[i]master ^(N)put in charge of his household 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 ^(O)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 begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the ^[m]master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, ⁵¹ and will ^[n]cut him in pieces and ^[o]assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^(P)weeping and gnashing of teeth.

²⁷ they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.