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For, as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark:
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And they knew not till the flood came and took them all away: so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.
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Then two shall be in the field. One shall be taken and one shall be left.
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Two women shall be grinding at the mill. One shall be taken and one shall be left.
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Watch ye therefore, because you know not what hour your Lord will come.
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But this know ye, that, if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch and would not suffer his house to be broken open.
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Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come.
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Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season?
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Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.
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Amen I say to you: he shall place him over all his goods.
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But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming: