New Testament in a Year
The Coming of the Son of Man(A)
29 “Now immediately after the troubles[a] of those days,
‘The sun will be darkened,
the moon will not reflect its light,
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers from the heavens will be disrupted.’[b]
30 Then the sign that is the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all ‘the tribes of the land[c] will mourn’[d] as they see ‘the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven’[e] with power and great glory. 31 He’ll send out his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they’ll gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to another.”
The Lesson from the Fig Tree(B)
32 “Now learn a lesson[f] from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 In the same way, when you see all these things, you’ll know that the Son of Man[g] is near, right at the door. 34 I tell all of you[h] with certainty, this generation won’t disappear until these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.”
The Unknown Day and Hour of Messiah’s Return(C)
36 “No one knows when that day and hour will come[i]—neither the heavenly angels nor the Son,[j] 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[k] 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[l] 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[m] 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[n] 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.”
The Faithful or the Wicked Servant(D)
45 “Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others[o] their food at the right time? 46 How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes! 47 I tell all of you[p] with certainty, he will put him in charge of all his property.
48 “But if that wicked servant says to himself,[q] ‘My master has been delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and eat and drink with the drunks, 50 that servant’s master will come on a day when he doesn’t expect him and at an hour that he doesn’t know. 51 Then his master[r] will punish him severely[s] and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”[t]
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