^27 (A)For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

^24 (A)For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. ^25 (B)But first He must suffer many things and be ^(C)rejected by this generation. ^26 (D)And as it ^(E)was in the ^(F)days of ^(G)Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: ²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the ^(H)day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and ^(I)destroyed them all. ^28 (J)Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; ²⁹ but on ^(K)the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man ^(L)is revealed.

³¹ “In that day, he ^(M)who is on the housetop, and his ^[a]goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. ^32 (N)Remember Lot’s wife. ^33 (O)Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. ^34 (P)I tell you, in that night there will be two ^[b]men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. ^35 (Q)Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. ^36 [c]Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”

³⁷ And they answered and said to Him, ^(R)“Where, Lord?”

So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”

⁴ and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of ^(A)creation.”

⁸ You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord ^[a]is at hand.

³⁹ and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

³⁷ But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

²⁸ Assuredly, I say to you, ^(A)there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”