Matthew 24:39

KJV1611 – Modern English

and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

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  • Prov 24:12 : 12 If you say, Behold, we did not know this; does not he who ponders the heart consider it? And he who keeps your soul, does he not know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his works?
  • Isa 44:18-19 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree?
  • Matt 24:37 : 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
  • John 3:20 : 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
  • Acts 13:41 : 41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I am working a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though a man declare it to you.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • 2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
  • Luke 19:44 : 44 And will level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
  • Matt 13:13-15 : 13 This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive. 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.
  • Prov 29:7 : 7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.
  • Isa 42:25 : 25 Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it set him on fire all around, yet he did not know; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
  • Judg 20:34 : 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was heavy; but they did not know that disaster was near them.
  • Prov 23:35 : 35 "They have struck me," you shall say, "and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I did not feel it; when shall I awake, I will seek it yet again."

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  • Matt 24:33-38
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    33So likewise, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

    34Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are fulfilled.

    35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

    36But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

    37But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

    38For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark,

  • Luke 17:26-31
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    26And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

    27They ate, 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.

    28Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

    29But on the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

    30Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

    31In that day, he who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away: and he who is in the field, let him likewise not turn back.

  • Matt 24:40-44
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    40Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.

    41Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left.

    42Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.

    43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

    44Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour you do not expect the Son of Man will come.

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    39And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

    40Therefore be ready also: for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect.

  • Matt 24:48-50
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    48But if that evil servant says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming,

    49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,

    50the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour that he is not aware of,

  • Matt 25:12-13
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    12But he answered and said, Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.

    13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.

  • Luke 17:36
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    36Two men will be in the field; the one will be taken, and the other left.

  • Luke 21:34-35
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    34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly.

    35For as a snare shall it come on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

  • Mark 13:32-36
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    32But of that day and that hour no one knows, no, not the angels which are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

    33Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is.

    34For the Son of Man is like a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.

    35Watch therefore: for you do not know when the master of the house comes, in the evening, or at midnight, or at the rooster crowing, or in the morning:

    36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

  • Matt 24:26-27
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    26Therefore if they say to you, Look, he is in the desert, do not go out; or, Look, he is in the inner rooms, do not believe it.

    27For as the lightning comes from the east and shines to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

  • Matt 24:30
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    30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

  • Luke 12:46
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    46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

  • Mark 13:26
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    26And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
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    2For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night.

  • Matt 24:17-19
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    17Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

    18And let him who is in the field not turn back to take his clothes.

    19But woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing babies in those days!

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

  • Luke 17:24
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    24For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Matt 25:10
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    10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.

  • Luke 17:34
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    34I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; the one will be taken, and the other will be left.

  • Eccl 9:12
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    12For man also does not know his time: as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

  • Mark 13:29
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    29So you also, when you see these things come to pass, know that it is near, even at the doors.

  • Matt 7:27
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    27And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.

  • Matt 24:21
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    21For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

  • Job 14:12
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    12So man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.