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Behold I have told you before. If therefore they say to you “Behold he is in the desert” do not go out there. Or if they say “Behold he is in the private rooms” do not believe. For as the lightning comes from the east and shines in the west, so will the presence of the Son of man be. Wherever the carcase may be, there the eagles will assemble.
Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give her light and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven. Then all the tribes of the land will bewail and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and much glory. He will send his angels with a great trumpet and his
chosen will assemble out of the four winds from the extremities of the heavens and up to their extremities. Now learn the parable of the fig-tree. When its branch becomes tender and the leaves start to shoot you know that summer is near. So also when you see all these things you will know that it (the end) is at the door. Truly I tell you that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things happen. Heaven and earth will pass away. But my words will by no means pass away.
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Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, except for the Father. For as in the days of Noah so will be the presence of the Son of man. For as in those days people before the flood were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah went into the ark. People did not know what was happening until
the flood came and took all. So will it also be with the presence of the Son of Man. Then will there be two men in the field. One is taken and one is left. Two women will be grinding grain in the mill. One is taken and one is left. Watch out therefore because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. And know that if the housemaster knew in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have allowed a hole to be dug through into his house. Therefore you also need to be ready. In an hour that you do not think the Son of Man is coming. Who then is the faithful and prudent
slave whom the lord appointed over his household to give them their food in due season? Blessed is the slave whom when his Lord comes will find him so doing. Truly I tell you that he will appoint him over all his goods. But if a wicked slave says in his heart “My Lord delays“ and he begins to strike his fellow-slaves and eats and drinks with those who are drunk, then the Lord of that slave will come on a day on which he does not expect and in an hour which he does not know. He will cut him asunder and he will place part of him with the hypocrites. Then there will the wailing and the gnashing of teeth.
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