Luke 17:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

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  • Jer 45:5 : 5 And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.
  • Mark 13:14-16 : 14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains: 15 And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house: 16 And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.
  • Luke 21:21 : 21 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.
  • Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ. 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
  • Job 2:4 : 4 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
  • Matt 6:25 : 25 So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Matt 24:17-21 : 17 Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house: 18 And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat. 19 But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days. 20 And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 21 Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

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  • Matt 24:16-19
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    16 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

    17 Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:

    18 And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.

    19 But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

  • Mark 13:14-18
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    14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

    15 And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

    16 And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

    17 And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.

    18 And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter.

  • Luke 17:28-30
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    28 In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;

    29 But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

    30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

  • Luke 17:32-36
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    32 Keep in mind Lot's wife.

    33 If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

    34 I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

    35 Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

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  • Luke 21:21
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    21 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

  • Luke 17:22-24
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    22 And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

    23 And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

    24 For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37 And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Luke 17:26
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    26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

  • Matt 24:39-40
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    39 And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

    40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go;

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    39 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

    40 So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

  • Luke 21:34-36
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    34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

    35 For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

    36 But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

  • Mark 13:29
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    29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

    43 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44 Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

  • Mark 13:33-36
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    33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

    34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

    35 So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

    36 For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

  • Luke 21:27
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    27 And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

  • Rev 16:15
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    15 (See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)

  • Matt 24:33
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    33 Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

  • Mark 13:31
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    31 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

  • Matt 24:26-27
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    26 If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

    27 Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Matt 25:13
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    13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

  • Luke 12:46
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    46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

  • Luke 21:6
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    6 As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
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    10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

  • Eccl 12:3
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    3 In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;