²⁰ And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For ^(A)then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

²⁵ See, I have told you beforehand.

²⁶ “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. ^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.

^38 (A)For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 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.