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And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

"And they will say to you, 'Look there,' or, 'Look here!' Do not leave, and do not run after them.

And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.

"For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.

For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

"But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

"And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of Man:

And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

"It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, and they were building;

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

"It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

"On that day, the one who will be on the housetop, with his goods in the house, must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back.

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

"Remember Lot's wife.

Remember Lot's wife.

"Whoever strives to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will keep it.

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

"I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.

I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

"There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left.

Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

["Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left."]

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

And responding, they said to Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered."

And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.