Matthew 24:34-44

34 ¹Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

35 ²Heaven and earth will pass away, but ³my words will not pass away.

No One Knows That Day and Hour

36 “But concerning that day and hour ⁴no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, ⁵nor the Son, ^{[a] 6}but the Father only.

37 ⁷For as were the days of Noah, ⁸so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

38 ⁹For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ¹⁰marrying and giving in marriage, until ¹¹the day when Noah entered the ark,

39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, ¹²so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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

41 ¹³Two women will be grinding ¹⁴at the mill; one will be taken and one left.

42 Therefore, ¹⁵stay awake, for you do not know on what day ¹⁶your Lord is coming.

43 ¹⁷But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night ¹⁸the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

44 Therefore you also must be ¹⁹ready, for ²⁰the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Cross References

• 1. 24:34 See ch. 16:28
• 2. 24:35 Ps. 102:26; Isa. 51:6; 2 Pet. 3:10; [ch. 5:18; Heb. 12:27]
• 3. 24:35 Ps. 119:89; Isa. 40:8; 1 Pet. 1:23, 25
• 4. 24:36 ch. 25:13; 1 Thess. 5:1, 2
• 5. 24:36 [Phil. 2:6, 7]
• 6. 24:36 [Zech. 14:7; Acts 1:7]
• 7. 24:37 Luke 17:26, 27
• 8. 24:37 ver. 27
• 9. 24:38 [See ver. 37 above]
• 10. 24:38 ch. 22:30
• 11. 24:38 Gen. 7:7-16
• 12. 24:39 [See ver. 37 above]
• 13. 24:41 Luke 17:35
• 14. 24:41 Ex. 11:5; Isa. 47:2
• 15. 24:42 Mark 14:34-38; Luke 12:37; 21:36; Acts 20:31; 1 Thess. 5:6
• 16. 24:42 John 13:13
• 17. 24:43 For ver. 43-51, [Luke 12:39-46]
• 18. 24:43 [1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Pet. 3:10; Rev. 3:3]
• 19. 24:44 ch. 25:10
• 20. 24:44 ver. 27

Footnotes

• [a] 24:36 Some manuscripts omit 'nor the Son'