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“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even
the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
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But as the days of Noah were, so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be.
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For as in the days before the flood, they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
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and did not know until the flood came and took them
all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
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Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken
and the other left.
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Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be
taken and the other left.
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Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your
Lord is coming.
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But know this, that if the master of the house had
known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not
allowed his house to be broken into.
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Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is
coming at an hour you do not expect.
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“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his
master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due
season?
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Blessed is that servant whom his master, when
he comes, will find so doing.
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Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler
over all his goods.
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But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My
master is delaying his coming,’
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and begins to beat his fellow servants, and
to eat and drink with the drunkards,
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the master of that servant will come on a day when
he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware
of,
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and will cut him in two and appoint him his
portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. |