Luke 17:25-35

25 But first he must suffer much and be rejected by the people of this day.
26 As it was in the time of Noah so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man. 1
27 Everybody kept on eating and drinking, and men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat and the flood came and killed them all. 2
28 It will be as it was in the time of Lot. Everybody kept on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 3
29 On the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and killed them all.
30 That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
31 "On that day someone who is on the roof of a house must not go down into the house to get any belongings; in the same way anyone who is out in the field must not go back to the house. 4
32 Remember Lot's wife! 5
33 Those who try to save their own life will lose it; those who lose their life will save it. 6
34 On that night, I tell you, there will be two people sleeping in the same bed: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.
35 Two women will be grinding meal together: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind."

Cross References 6

  • 1. 17.26Genesis 6.5-8.
  • 2. 17.27Genesis 7.6-24.
  • 3. 17.28, 29Genesis 18.20--19.25.
  • 4. 17.31Matthew 24.17, 18;Mark 13.15, 16.
  • 5. 17.32Genesis 19.26.
  • 6. 17.33Matthew 10.39; 16.25;Mark 8.35;Luke 9.24;John 12.25.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [Some manuscripts add verse 36:] Two men will be working in a field: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind [(see Mt 24.40).]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.