Luke 17:22-30

22Jesus said to his disciples, ‘The time will come when you will very much want to see me, the Son of Man, return to the earth. But you will not see that day.

23People may say to you, “Look, there he is!” or “Here he is!” But do not go out with them to look.

24When lightning shines, it quickly makes the whole of the sky light from one side to the other. It will be like that on the day when the Son of Man returns.

25But before this happens, the people of today will refuse to accept me. And I will feel much pain.

26Remember what happened when Noah was alive. It will be like that at the time when the Son of Man returns to the earth.

27In Noah's time, people were eating their meals every day. Men and women continued to marry. They continued to do all this until the day when Noah went into his boat. Then it rained for a long time and there was deep water everywhere. The water killed all the people.

28The same kind of thing happened when Lot was alive. People in the city of Sodom were eating their meals every day. They were buying and selling things. They were planting their seeds and they were building their houses.

29But one day Lot went away from Sodom. On that same day, God caused it to rain fire and burning stones from the sky. This killed all the people in Sodom.

30It will happen quickly like that, on the day when I, the Son of Man, show myself clearly.