False Christs & False Prophets
29 “Immediately after the distress of those days, ‘the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens,’ and ‘the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.’ 30 Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heavens; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heavens,’ with power and great glory; 31 And he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his people round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
32 “Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near. 33 And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors. 34 I tell you, even the present generation will not pass away, till all these things have taken place. 35 The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words shall never pass away.”
36 “But about that day and hour, no one knows: not even the angels of heaven, nor yet the Son, but only the Father himself. 37 For, just as in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark, 39 Taking not notice till the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.”
40 “At that time, two shall be in the field, one will be taken and the other left; 41 Two shall be grinding at the mill, one will be taken and the other left. 42 Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore, do you also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.”
45 “Who then are those trustworthy, careful servants, who have been placed by their master over their household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Happy will those servants be whom their master, when he comes home, shall find doing this. 47 I tell you that his master will put them in charge of the whole of his property.”
48 “But, should they be a bad servants, and say to themselves, ‘My master is a long time in coming,’ 49 And begin to beat their fellow-servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, 50 Those servants’ master will come on a day when they do not expect him, and at an hour of which they are unaware, 51 And will flog them severely, and assign them their place among the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”
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