Matthew 24:36-44

New International Reader's Version

The Day and Hour Are Not Known

³⁶ “But no one knows about that day or hour. Not even the angels in heaven know. The Son does not know. Only the Father knows. ³⁷ Remember how it was in the days of Noah. It will be the same when the Son of Man comes. ³⁸ In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking. They were getting married. They were giving their daughters to be married. They did all those things right up to the day Noah entered the ark. ³⁹ They knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man comes. ⁴⁰ Two men will be in the field. One will be taken and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding with a hand mill. One will be taken and the other left.

⁴² “So keep watch. You do not know on what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ You must understand something. Suppose the owner of the house knew what time of night the robber was coming. Then he would have kept watch. He would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ So you also must be ready. The Son of Man will come at an hour when you don’t expect him.