^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. ^28 (B)For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.

The Coming of the Son of Man^(C)

^29 (D)“Immediately after the tribulation of those days ^(E)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ^30 (F)Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ^(G)and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ^31 (H)And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His ^[a]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

^19 (A)For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be. ²⁰ And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

^21 (B)“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ do not believe it. ²² For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and ^(C)wonders to deceive, if possible, even the ^[a]elect. ²³ But ^(D)take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand.

The Coming of the Son of Man^(E)

^24 (F)“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; ²⁵ the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be ^(G)shaken. ^26 (H)Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ And then He will send His angels, and gather together His ^[b]elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven.

^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.”