Luke 17:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 45:5 : 5 Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the LORD, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go.”’”
  • Mark 13:14-16 : 14 The Abomination of Desolation“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be”(let the reader understand),“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. 15 The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house. 16 The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
  • Luke 21:21 : 21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,
  • Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ. 8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ,
  • Job 2:4 : 4 But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
  • Matt 6:25 : 25 Do Not Worry“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
  • Matt 24:17-21 : 17 The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house, 18 and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. 19 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! 20 Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 24:16-19
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    16“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

    17The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,

    18and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

    19Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

  • Mark 13:14-18
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    88%

    14The Abomination of Desolation“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be”(let the reader understand),“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

    15The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

    16The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

    17Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

    18Pray that it may not be in winter.

  • Luke 17:28-30
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    28Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;

    29but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

    30It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Luke 17:32-35
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    32Remember Lot’s wife!

    33Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

    34I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

    35There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”

  • Luke 21:21
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    21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,

  • Luke 17:22-24
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    22The Coming of the Son of Man Then he said to the disciples,“The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

    23Then people will say to you,‘Look, there he is!’ or‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.

    24For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

  • Luke 17:26
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    26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:39-40
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    39And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

    40Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

  • Luke 21:34-36
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    34Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

    35For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.

    36But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

  • Mark 13:29
    73%

    29So also you, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, right at the door.

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

    43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • Mark 13:33-36
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    33Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

    34It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

    35Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn–

    36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

  • Luke 21:27
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    27Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.

  • Rev 16:15
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    15(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)

  • Matt 24:33
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    33So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.

  • Mark 13:31
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    31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

  • Matt 24:26-27
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    26So then, if someone says to you,‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

    27For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

  • Matt 25:13
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    13Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.

  • Luke 12:46
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    46then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

  • Luke 21:6
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    6“As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • 2 Pet 3:10
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    10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

  • Eccl 12:3
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    3when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,