Matthew 24:36-51

No One Knows That Day and Hour

36 “But concerning that day and hour ¹no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, ²nor the Son, ^{[a] 3}but the Father only.

37 ⁴For as were the days of Noah, ⁵so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

38 ⁶For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ⁷marrying and giving in marriage, until ⁸the day when Noah entered the ark,

39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, ⁹so 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 ¹⁰Two women will be grinding ¹¹at the mill; one will be taken and one left.

42 Therefore, ¹²stay awake, for you do not know on what day ¹³your Lord is coming.

43 ¹⁴But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night ¹⁵the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

44 Therefore you also must be ¹⁶ready, for ¹⁷the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

45 “Who then is ¹⁸the faithful and ¹⁹wise servant, ^[b] whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?

46 ²⁰Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

47 Truly, I say to you, ²¹he will set him over all his possessions.

48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master ²²is delayed, ’

49 and begins to beat his fellow servants^[c] and eats and drinks with ²³drunkards,

50 the master of that servant will come ²⁴on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know

51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place ²⁵there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Cross References

• 1. 24:36 ch. 25:13; 1 Thess. 5:1, 2
• 2. 24:36 [Phil. 2:6, 7]
• 3. 24:36 [Zech. 14:7; Acts 1:7]
• 4. 24:37 Luke 17:26, 27
• 5. 24:37 ver. 27
• 6. 24:38 [See ver. 37 above]
• 7. 24:38 ch. 22:30
• 8. 24:38 Gen. 7:7-16
• 9. 24:39 [See ver. 37 above]
• 10. 24:41 Luke 17:35
• 11. 24:41 Ex. 11:5; Isa. 47:2
• 12. 24:42 Mark 14:34-38; Luke 12:37; 21:36; Acts 20:31; 1 Thess. 5:6
• 13. 24:42 John 13:13
• 14. 24:43 For ver. 43-51, [Luke 12:39-46]
• 15. 24:43 [1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Pet. 3:10; Rev. 3:3]
• 16. 24:44 ch. 25:10
• 17. 24:44 ver. 27
• 18. 24:45 ch. 25:21; 1 Cor. 4:2; Heb. 3:5
• 19. 24:45 ch. 7:24; 10:16; 25:2
• 20. 24:46 John 13:17; Rev. 16:15
• 21. 24:47 ch. 25:21, 23
• 22. 24:48 ch. 25:5
• 23. 24:49 1 Thess. 5:7
• 24. 24:50 2 Pet. 3:12; [ch. 25:13]
• 25. 24:51 See ch. 8:12

Footnotes

• [a] 24:36 Some manuscripts omit 'nor the Son'
• [b] 24:45 Greek 'bondservant'; also verses 46, 48, 50
• [c] 24:49 Greek 'bondservants'