Matthew 24:35-50

35 "¹Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

36 "But ²of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

37 "For the ³coming of the Son of Man will be ⁴just like the days of Noah.

38 "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ⁵marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ⁶Noah entered the ark,

39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ⁷coming of the Son of Man be.

40 "Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.

41 "⁸Two women will be grinding at the ⁹mill; one will be taken and one will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

42 "Therefore ¹⁰be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

43 "But be sure of this, that ¹¹if the head of the house had known ¹²at 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 ¹³you also must be ready; for ¹⁴the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

45 "¹⁵Who then is the ¹⁶faithful and ¹⁷sensible slave whom his master ¹⁸put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

46 "Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

47 "Truly I say to you that ¹⁹he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48 "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,'

49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 5:18; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33
• 2. Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7
• 3. Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:3, 30, 39
• 4. Genesis 6:5; Genesis 7:6-23; Luke 17:26
• 5. Matthew 22:30
• 6. Genesis 7:7
• 7. Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:3, 30, 37
• 8. Luke 17:35
• 9. Exodus 11:5; Deuteronomy 24:6; Isaiah 47:2
• 10. Matthew 24:43, 44; Matthew 25:10, 13; Luke 12:39; Luke 21:36
• 11. Matthew 24:42, 44; Matthew 25:10, 13; Luke 12:39; Luke 21:36
• 12. Matthew 14:25; Mark 6:48; Mark 13:35; Luke 12:38
• 13. Matthew 24:42, 43; Matthew 25:10, 13; Luke 12:39; Luke 21:36
• 14. Matthew 24:27
• 15. Matthew 24:45-51: {Luke 12:42-46}
• 16. Matthew 25:21, 23; Luke 16:10
• 17. Matthew 7:24; Matthew 10:16; Matthew 25:2f
• 18. Matthew 25:21, 23
• 19. Matthew 25:21, 23

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "just as...were the days"
• [b]. Lit "know"
• [c]. Lit "is"
• [d]. Lit "is"
• [e]. I.e. handmill
• [f]. Lit "is"
• [g]. Lit "is"
• [h]. Lit "know this"
• [i]. Lit "dug through"
• [j]. Or "lord"
• [k]. Or "lord"
• [l]. Or "lord"
• [m]. Lit "lingers"
• [n]. Or "lord"