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

¹³ On this very same day ^(A)Noah, Shem, 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 At that time there will be two men in the field; one ^[b]will be taken and one ^[c]will be left. ^41 (D)Two women will be grinding at the ^[d](E)mill; one ^[e]will be taken and one ^[f]will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

⁴² “Therefore ^(F)be on the alert, 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 been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ For this reason ^(I)you must be ready as well; 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)sensible slave whom his ^[h]master ^(N)put in charge of his household slaves, to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that slave whom his ^[i]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 ^[j]master ^[k]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 ^[l]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 ^[m]cut him in two and assign ^[n]him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^(P)weeping and gnashing of teeth.