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New Testament
Matthew 24:36-51
Be Ready!
(see Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-38)
36“No one knows when that day and hour will be, not the angels of heaven, not even the Son, but only the Father. 37Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man returns. 38In fact, in the days before the flood people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the very day that Noah entered the ark. 39And they did not realize what was coming until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man returns.
40“At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. 41Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. 42So be alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43But understand this: If the master of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44You also need to be ready for this reason: The Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect him.
45“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46Blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he returns. 47Amen I tell you: He will put him in charge of all that he has. 48But if that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49and he begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, 50the master of that servant will return on a day when he does not expect it and at an hour he does not know. 51The master will cut him in two and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”