He answered them, “People can’t observe the coming God’s kingdom. ²¹They can’t say, ‘Here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ You see, God’s kingdom is within^byou.”

Jesus Teaches about the Time When He Will Come Again

²²Jesus said to his disciples, “The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. ²³People will say, ‘There he is!’ or ‘Here he is!’ Don’t run after those people. ²⁴The day of the Son of Man^cwill be like lightning that flashes from one end of the sky to the other. ²⁵But first he must suffer a lot and be rejected by the people of his day.

²⁶“When the Son of Man comes again, the situation will be like the time of Noah. ²⁷People were eating, drinking, and getting married until the day that Noah went into the ship. Then the flood destroyed all of them.

²⁸“The situation will also be like the time of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. ²⁹But on the day that Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from the sky and destroyed all of them. ³⁰The day when the Son of Man is revealed will be like that.

³¹“On that day those who are on the roof shouldn’t come down to get their belongings out of their houses. Those who are in the field shouldn’t turn back. ³²Remember Lot’s wife! ³³Those who try to save their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives will save them.

³⁴“I can guarantee that on that night if two people are in one bed, one will be taken and the other one will be left. ³⁵Two women will be grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other one will be left.”^d

³⁷They asked him, “Where, Lord?”

Jesus told them, “Vultures will gather wherever there is a dead body.”

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Footnotes

b 17:21 Or “among,” or “in your midst.”
c 17:24 Some manuscripts and translations omit “The day of.”
d 17:35 Some manuscripts and translations add verse 36: “Two will be in a field. One will be taken, and the other will be left.” See Matthew 24:40.