^34 (A)I tell you, in that night there will be two ^[a]men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.

^40 (A)Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

⁹ then ^(A)the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,

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¹⁶ For ^(A)the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with ^(B)the trumpet of God. ^(C)And the dead in Christ will rise first. ^17 (D)Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them ^(E)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus ^(F)we shall always be with the Lord.

⁴ But what does the divine response say to him? ^(A)“I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” ^5 (B)Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. ⁶ And ^(C)if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. ^[a]But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

⁷ What then? ^(D)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were ^(E)blinded.

²⁵ See, I have told you beforehand.

⁴ and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put ^(A)a mark on the foreheads of the men ^(B)who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

⁵ To the others He said in my ^[a]hearing, “Go after him through the city and ^(C)kill;^{[b] (D)}do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. ^6 (E)Utterly^[c] slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but ^(F)do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and ^(G)begin at My sanctuary.” ^(H)So they began with the elders who were before the ^[d]temple.

^24 (A)“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for ^(B)many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.