Matthew 24:36–51

Illustration of the Days of Noah

Mark 13:32–37; Luke 21:34–36

^36l“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of ⁶heaven, ^mbut My Father only. ³⁷But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ³⁸ⁿFor as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, ³⁹and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ^40oThen two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. ⁴¹Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. ^42pWatch therefore, for you do not know what ⁷hour your Lord is coming. ^43qBut know this, that if the master of the house had known what ⁸hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. ^44rTherefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Illustration of the Two Servants

Luke 12:41–48

^45s“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food ⁹in due season? ^46tBlessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. ⁴⁷Assuredly, I say to you that ^uhe will make him ruler over all his goods. ⁴⁸But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master ^vis delaying ¹his coming,’ ⁴⁹and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, ⁵⁰the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is ^wnot aware of, ⁵¹and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. ^xThere shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.