Matthew 24:26-41

26So if they tell you, ‘See, he’s in the wilderness! ’ don’t go out; or, ‘See, he’s in the storerooms! ’ do not believe it.

27For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

28Wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.

29“Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

32“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

33In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize that he is near — at the door.

34Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.

35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

36“Now concerning that day and hour no one knows — neither the angels of heaven nor the Son — except the Father alone.

37As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

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

39They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. This is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be.

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

41Two women will be grinding grain with a hand mill; one will be taken and one left.