The Coming of the Kingdom

²⁰ Being asked by the Pharisees ^(A)when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God ^(B)is not coming in ways that can be observed, ²¹ nor ^(C)will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”^[a]

²² And he said to the disciples, ^(D)“The days are coming when you will desire ^(E)to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ^23 (F)And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. ^24 (G)For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be ^(H)in his day.^{[b] 25} But first ^(I)he must suffer many things and ^(J)be rejected by this generation. ^26 (K)Just as it was in the days of ^(L)Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. ^27 (M)They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise, just as it was in the days of ^(N)Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, ^29 (O)but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— ³⁰ so will it be ^(P)on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. ³¹ On that day, ^(Q)let the one who is on ^(R)the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. ^32 (S)Remember Lot's wife. ^33 (T)Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will ^(U)keep it. ³⁴ I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. ^35 (V)There will be two women ^(W)grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.”^{[c] 37} And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, ^(X)“Where the corpse^[d] is, there the vultures^[e] will gather.”