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 he told the disciples, “The days are coming(A) when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.(B) 23 They will say to you,(C) ‘See there!’ or ‘See here!’ Don’t follow or run after them.(D) 24 For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in his day.(E) 25 But first it is necessary that he suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.(F)

26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah,(G) so it will be in the days of the Son of Man: 27 People went on eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage(H) until the day Noah boarded the ark,(I) and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot:(J) People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building. 29 But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed(K) them all. 30 It(L) will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.(M) 31 On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife!(N) 33 Whoever tries to make his life secure[a][b] will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.(O) 34 I tell you, on that night(P) two will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”[c]

37 “Where, Lord?” (Q) they asked him.

He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures(R) will be gathered.”

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Footnotes

  1. 17:33 Other mss read to save his life
  2. 17:33 Or tries to retain his life
  3. 17:35 Some mss include v. 36: “Two will be in a field: One will be taken, and the other will be left.”