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and they knew not, till the great flood came, and took all men, so shall be the coming of man's Son.
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Then twain shall be in a field [Then two shall be in a field], one shall be taken, and the other left;
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two women shall be grinding in a quern [two women shall be grinding in one mill], one shall be taken, and the other left; twain in a bed [two in a bed], the one shall be taken, and the other left.
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Therefore wake ye, for ye know not in what hour the Lord shall come. [Therefore wake ye, for ye know not in what hour your Lord is to come.]
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But know ye this, that if the husbandman knew in what hour the thief were to come [for if the husbandman knew in what hour the thief should come], certainly he would wake, and suffer not his house to be undermined.
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And therefore [also] be ye ready [Therefore and ye be ready], for in what hour ye guess not, man's Son shall come.
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Who guessest thou is a true servant and prudent [Who guessest thou is a faithful servant and prudent], whom his lord ordained on his household, to give them meat in time?
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Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he shall come [when he come], shall find so doing.
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Truly I say to you, for on [upon] all his goods he shall ordain him.
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But if that evil servant [shall] say in his heart, My lord tarrieth to come,
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and beginneth to smite his even-servants [and shall begin to smite his even-servants], and to eat, and drink with drunken men;