Luke 17:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Matt 24:40-41 : 40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go; 41 Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.
  • Ezek 9:4-6 : 4 The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it. 5 And to these he said in my hearing, Go through the town after him using your axes: do not let your eyes have mercy, and have no pity: 6 Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.
  • Mal 3:16-18 : 16 Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name. 17 And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant. 18 Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
  • Matt 24:25 : 25 See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.
  • Ps 26:9 : 9 Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.
  • Isa 42:9 : 9 See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.
  • 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 13:23 : 23 But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.
  • Mark 14:29 : 29 But Peter said to him, Though the others may be turned away from you, I will not.
  • Luke 13:3 : 3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.
  • Luke 13:5 : 5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
  • Rom 11:4-7 : 4 But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal. 5 In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace. 6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace. 7 What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
  • 1 Thess 4:16-17 : 16 Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first; 17 Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

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  • Luke 17:35-37
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    35 Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

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    37 And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.

  • Matt 24:39-44
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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;

    41 Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.

    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.

  • Luke 17:30-33
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    30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

    31 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.

    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.

  • Matt 24:17-19
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    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 13:33-37
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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.

    37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

  • Mark 13:15-17
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    69%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Thess 4:15
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    15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

  • Luke 18:29
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    29 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

  • 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.)

  • Luke 12:35-37
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    35 Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

    36 And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

    37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

  • 1 Thess 4:17
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    17 Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

  • Matt 25:10
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    10 And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

  • Isa 28:20
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    20 For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.

  • Matt 25:6
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    6 But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
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    2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

  • Matt 25:1
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    1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.

  • Luke 21:35-36
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    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.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
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    4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

  • 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;

  • Eccl 4:11
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    11 So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?

  • Luke 13:25
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    25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

  • Matt 26:45
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    45 Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men.

  • Luke 17:24
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    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 13:25
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    25 But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

  • Mark 10:29
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    29 Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

  • Deut 28:30
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    30 You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • Matt 24:51
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    51 And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.