⁴⁰ At that time there will be two men in the field; one ^[a]will be taken and one ^[b]will be left.

²⁶ So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them. ^27 (A)For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will the ^(B)coming of the ^(C)Son of Man ^[a]be.

³⁰ And then ^(A)the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see ^(B)the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. ³¹ And ^(C)He will send forth His angels with ^(D)a great trumpet blast, and they will gather together His ^[a](E)elect from ^(F)the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

³⁶ “But ^(A)about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. ³⁷ For ^[a]the ^(B)coming of the Son of Man will be ^(C)just like the days of Noah. ³⁸ For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^(D)marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ^(E)Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and they did not ^[b]understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ^(F)coming of the Son of Man be. ⁴⁰ At that time there will be two men in the field; one ^[c]will be taken and one ^[d]will be left. ^41 (G)Two women will be grinding at the ^[e](H)mill; one ^[f]will be taken and one ^[g]will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

⁴² “Therefore ^(I)be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But ^[h]be sure of this, that ^(J)if the head of the house had known ^(K)at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ For this reason ^(L)you must be ready as well; for ^(M)the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.