Matthew 24:31–46

³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the one extremity of the heavens to the other extremity of them.

³²But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the summer is near. ³³Thus also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors. ³⁴Verily I say to you, This generation will not have passed away until all these things shall have taken place. ³⁵The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. ³⁶But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, but my Father alone. ³⁷But as the days of Noe, so also shall be the coming of the Son of man. ³⁸For as they were in the days which were before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark, ³⁹and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man. ⁴⁰Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is left; ⁴¹two women grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is left. ⁴²Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes. ⁴³But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be dug through into. ⁴⁴Wherefore ye also, be ye ready, for in that hour that ye think not the Son of man comes. ⁴⁵Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season? ⁴⁶Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.