Luke 17:28-35

28 It will be as it was in the time of Lot. Everybody kept on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. ¹

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. ²

32 Remember Lot's wife! ³

33 Those who try to save their own life will lose it; those who lose their life will save it. ⁴

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

• 1. 17.28, 29Genesis 18.20--19.25.
• 2. 17.31Matthew 24.17, 18;Mark 13.15, 16.
• 3. 17.32Genesis 19.26.
• 4. 17.33Matthew 10.39; 16.25;Mark 8.35;Luke 9.24;John 12.25.

Footnotes

• [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).]