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"But when that day and hour will come, no one
knows -- not the angels in heaven, not the Son, only the Father.
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For the Son of Man's coming will be just as it was
in the days of Noach.
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Back then, before the Flood, people went on eating
and drinking, taking wives and becoming wives, right up till the day Noach
entered the ark;
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and they didn't know what was happening until the
Flood came and swept them all away. It will be just like that when the Son
of Man comes.
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Then there will be two men in a field -- one will be taken and the other
left behind.
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There will be two women grinding flour at the mill
-- one will be taken and the other left behind.
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So stay alert, because you don't know on what day
your Lord will come.
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But you do know this: had the owner of the house
known when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not
allowed his house to be broken into.
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Therefore you too must always be ready, for the Son
of Man will come when you are not expecting him.
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"Who is the faithful and sensible servant whose
master puts him in charge of the household staff, to give them their food
at the proper time?
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It will go well with that servant if he is found
doing his job when his master comes.
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Yes, I tell you that he will put him in charge of
all he owns.
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But if that servant is wicked and says to himself,
`My master is taking his time';
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and he starts beating up his fellow servants and
spends his time eating and drinking with drunkards;
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then his master will come on a day the servant does
not expect, at a time he doesn't know;
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and he will cut him in two and put him with the
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