THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM

20 When he wasap asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come,aq he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable; 21 no one will say, A‘See here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”B

22 Then he told the disciples, “The days are cominga when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.b 23 They will say to you,c ‘See there!’ or ‘See here!’ Don’t follow or run after them.d 24 For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in his day.e