22 And he said to the disciples, (A)“The days are coming when you will desire (B)to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 (C)And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. 24 (D)For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be (E)in his day.[a] 25 But first (F)he must suffer many things and (G)be rejected by this generation. 26 (H)Just as it was in the days of (I)Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 (J)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 (K)Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 (L)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 (M)on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, (N)let the one who is on (O)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 (P)Remember Lot's wife. 33 (Q)Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will (R)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 (S)There will be two women (T)grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.”[b] 37 And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, (U)“Where the corpse[c] is, there the vultures[d] will gather.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:24 Some manuscripts omit in his day
  2. Luke 17:35 Some manuscripts add verse 36: Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left
  3. Luke 17:37 Greek body
  4. Luke 17:37 Or eagles

22 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Human One,[a] and you won’t see it. 23 People will say to you, ‘Look there!’ or ‘Look here!’ Don’t leave or go chasing after them. 24 The Human One[b] will appear on his day in the same way that a flash of lightning lights up the sky from one end to the other. 25 However, first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

26 “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be during the days of the Human One.[c] 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building. 29 But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30  That’s the way it will be on the day the Human One[d] is revealed. 31 On that day, those on the roof, whose possessions are in the house, shouldn’t come down to grab them. Likewise, those in the field shouldn’t turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife! 33 Whoever tries to preserve their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in the same bed: one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”[e]

37 The disciples asked, “Where, Lord?”

Jesus said, “The vultures gather wherever there’s a dead body.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:22 Or Son of Man
  2. Luke 17:24 Or Son of Man
  3. Luke 17:26 Or Son of Man
  4. Luke 17:30 Or Son of Man
  5. Luke 17:35 Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include 17:36 Two will be in a field: one will be taken and the other left.