22 And He said to the disciples, (A)The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 (B)And they will say to you, ‘Look there,’ or, ‘Look here!’ Do not leave, and do not run after them. 24 (C)For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part [a]of the sky, shines to the other part [b]of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day. 25 (D)But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 (E)And just as it happened (F)in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of Man: 27 people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 [c]It was the same as happened in (G)the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, and they were building; 29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and [d]brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be [e]just the same on the day that the Son of Man (H)is revealed. 31 On that day, the one who will be (I)on the [f]housetop, [g]with his goods in the house, must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back. 32 (J)Remember Lot’s wife. 33 (K)Whoever strives to [h]save his [i]life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will keep it. 34 I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. 35 (L)There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left. 36 [[j](M)Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.”] 37 And responding, they *said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, (N)Where the body is, there also the [k]vultures will be gathered.”

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  1. Luke 17:24 Lit under heaven; i.e., the lowest heaven, the sky
  2. Luke 17:24 Lit under heaven; i.e., the lowest heaven, the sky
  3. Luke 17:28 Lit In the same way as
  4. Luke 17:29 I.e., burning sulfur
  5. Luke 17:30 Lit according to the same things
  6. Luke 17:31 Housetops were flat living areas
  7. Luke 17:31 Lit and his
  8. Luke 17:33 Or secure
  9. Luke 17:33 Or soul
  10. Luke 17:36 Early mss do not contain this v
  11. Luke 17:37 Or eagles

22 Then Jesus[a] told the disciples, “The time will come during which you will long to see one of these days when the Son of Man is with you,[b] but you won’t see it. 23 People[c] will say to you, ‘Look! There he is!’ or ‘Look! Here he is!’ But don’t go and chase after him. 24 Because just as lightning flashes and shines from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his time.[d] 25 But first he must suffer a great deal and be rejected by those living today.[e]

26 “Just as it was in Noah’s time, so it will be in the Son of Man’s time. 27 People[f] were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them. 28 So it was in Lot’s time. People[g] were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But on the very day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed all of them. 30 The day when the Son of Man is revealed will be like that.

31 “The person who is on the housetop that day must not come down to get his belongings out of his house. The person in the field, too, must not turn back to what’s left behind. 32 Remember Lot’s wife! 33 Whoever tries to save his life[h] will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, two will be seated on the same couch[i] that night. The one will be taken, and the other will be left behind. 35 Two women will be grinding grain[j] together. The one will be taken, and the other will be left behind.”[k]

37 Then they asked him, “Where, Lord, will this take place?”[l]

He told them, “Wherever there’s a corpse, that’s where the vultures[m] will gather.”

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  1. Luke 17:22 Lit. he
  2. Luke 17:22 The Gk. lacks is with you
  3. Luke 17:23 Lit. They
  4. Luke 17:24 Lit. day; other mss. lack in his day
  5. Luke 17:25 Lit. by this generation
  6. Luke 17:27 Lit. They
  7. Luke 17:28 Lit. They
  8. Luke 17:33 Other mss. read to make his life secure
  9. Luke 17:34 I.e. an armless divan upon which guests reclined to partake of a meal
  10. Luke 17:35 The Gk. lacks grain
  11. Luke 17:35 Other mss. read left behind. 36 Two people will be in a field. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind
  12. Luke 17:37 The Gk. lacks will this take place
  13. Luke 17:37 Or eagles