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For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
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and they knew not until the flood came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left.
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Two
women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left.
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Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
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But know this that if the husband of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch and would not suffer his house to be broken into.
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Therefore be ye also ready; the Son of man is to come in the hour that ye think not.
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Who then is the faithful and prudent slave, whom his lord has made ruler over his household to give them food in due season?
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Blessed
is that slave whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.
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Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
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But and if that evil slave shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming,