Lk 17:20-35

The Coming of the Kingdom of God. 20^* Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he said in reply, “The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed,ⁱ 21^* and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’^j For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.”

The Day of the Son of Man. 22Then he said to his disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. 23There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, there he is,’ [or] ‘Look, here he is.’ Do not go off, do not run in pursuit.^k 24For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be [in his day].^l 25But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.^m 26As it was in the days of Noah,ⁿ so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; 27they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28^o Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; 29on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all. 30So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31^p On that day, a person who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise a person in the field must not return to what was left behind.^q 32Remember the wife of Lot. 33Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it.^r 34I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. 35^s And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left.”