Matthew 24:38-51

38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, 1marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that 2Noah entered the ark, 39and they did not 3understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the 4coming of the Son of Man be. 40Then there will be two men in the field; one 5will be taken and one 6will be left. 417Two women will be grinding at the 89mill; one 10will be taken and one 11will be left.

42“Therefore 12be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. 43But 13be sure of this, that 14if the head of the house had known 15at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be 16broken into. 44For this reason 17you also must be ready; for 18the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

45“19Who then is the 20faithful and 21sensible slave whom his 22master 23put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46Blessed is that slave whom his 24master finds so doing when he comes. 47Truly I say to you that 25he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My 26master 27is not coming for a long time,’ 49and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; 50the 28master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, 51and will 29cut him in pieces and 30assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be 31weeping and gnashing of teeth.