Matthew 24:36-25:13

Legacy Standard Bible

³⁶ “But ^(A)of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. ³⁷ For ^(B)just as the days of Noah were, so the ^(C)coming of the Son of Man will be. ³⁸ For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^(D)marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ^(E)Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and they did not ^[a]understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ^(F)coming of the Son of Man be. ⁴⁰ Then there will be two in the field; one ^[b]will be taken, and one ^[c]will be left. ^41 (G)Two women will be grinding grain at the ^[d](H)mill; one ^[e]will be taken and one ^[f]will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

⁴² “Therefore ^(I)stay awake, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But ^[g]be sure of this, that ^(J)if the head of the house had known ^(K)at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed his house to be ^[h]broken into. ⁴⁴ For this reason ^(L)you also must be ready; for ^(M)the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

⁴⁵ “^(N)Who then is the ^(O)faithful and ^(P)prudent slave whom his ^[i]master ^(Q)put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that slave whom his ^[j]master finds so doing when he comes. ⁴⁷ Truly I say to you that ^(R)he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁸ But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My ^[k]master ^[l]is not coming for a long time,’ ⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the ^[m]master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, ⁵¹ and will ^[n]cut him in pieces and ^[o]assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^(S)weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Parable of Ten Virgins

25 “Then ^(T)the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins, who took their ^(U)lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. ² Now five of them were foolish, and five were ^(V)prudent. ³ For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, ⁴ but the ^(W)prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. ⁵ Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. ⁶ But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ ⁷ Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ ⁹ But the ^(X)prudent answered, saying, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ ¹⁰ And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ^(Y)ready went in with him to ^(Z)the wedding feast; and ^(AA)the door was shut. ¹¹ And later the other virgins also *came, saying, ‘^(AB)Lord, lord, open up for us.’ ¹² But he answered and said, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’ ^13 (AC)Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know the day nor the hour.