The Unknown Day and Hour of Messiah’s Return^(A)

³⁶ “No one knows when that day and hour will come^[a]—neither the heavenly angels nor the Son,^[b] but only the Father, ³⁷ because just as it was in Noah’s time, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. ³⁸ In those days before the flood, people^[c] were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. ³⁹ They were unaware of what was happening^[d] until the flood came and swept all of them away. That’s how it will be when the Son of Man appears. ⁴⁰ At that time, two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left behind. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding grain^[e] at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.

⁴² “So keep on watching, because you don’t know on what day your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during^[f] the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ So you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you are not expecting.”