The Coming of the Son of Man

17:22 Then66 he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days67 of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 17:23 Then people68 will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’69 or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.70 17:24 For just like the lightning flashes71 and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.72 17:25 But first he must73 suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 17:26 Just74 as it was75 in the days of Noah,76 so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 17:27 People77 were eating,78 they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then79 the flood came and destroyed them all.80 17:28 Likewise, just as it was81 in the days of Lot, people82 were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; 17:29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.83 17:30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 17:31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof,84 with his goods in the house, must not come down85 to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. 17:32 Remember Lot’s wife!86 17:33 Whoever tries to keep87 his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life88 will preserve it. 17:34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.89 17:35 There will be two women grinding grain together;90 one will be taken and the other left.”91

17:37 Then92 the disciples93 said94 to him, “Where,95 Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body96 is, there the vultures97 will gather.”98