Mar 13:32-37, Luk 17:26-30, 34-36 | ISV | STEP | “No one knows when that day or hour will come—not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father.

Mark 13:32-37

32 “No one knows when that day or hour will come ^{▼▼Lit. about that day and hour}—not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be careful! Watch out! For you don't know when the time will come.Matt 24:42; 25:13; Luke 12:40; 21:34; Rom 13:11; 1Thes 5:6

34 “It's like a man who went on a trip. As he left home, he put his servants in charge, each with his own work, and he ordered the doorkeeper to be alert.Matt 24:45; 25:14 35 So keep on watching, because you don't know when the master of the house is coming—whether in the evening, at three o'clock in the morning, ^{▼▼Lit. at cock crow} or at dawn.Matt 24:42, 44 36 Otherwise, he may come suddenly and find you asleep. 37 I'm telling you what I'm telling everyone: Be alert!”

Luke 17:26-30

26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.Gen 7:1-24; Matt 24:37 27 People ^{▼▼Lit. They} were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them. 28 So it was in the days of Lot. People ^{▼▼Lit. They} were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.Gen 19:1-38 29 But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed all of them.Gen 19:16, 24 30 The day when the Son of Man is revealed will be like that.2Thes 1:7

Luke 17:34-36

34 I tell you, two people will be in the same bed that night. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.Matt 24:40-41; 1Thes 4:17 35 Two woman will be grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.” ^{▼▼Other mss. read left behind. ³⁶Two people will be in a field. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind}