On the Coming of the Kingdom of God, and the Day of the Son of Man †

Matthew 24:23 *

Mark 13.21 *

Luke 17:20-21 *

33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.

21 And if anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! Here is the Messiah!' or 'Look! There he is!'-do not believe it.

   20 Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you.”

Matthew 24:23, 26-27, 37-39, 17-18; 10:39; 24:40-41; 24:28; 24:5; 16:25 *

Mark 13:19-23; 14-16;

13:5-6; 8:35 *

Luke 17:22-37'

21:8; 9:24; cf. John 12:25 *

24;23 Then if anyone says to you, 'Look! Here is the Messiah!' or 'There he is!'-do not believe it.

26 So, if they say to you, 'Look! He is in the wilderness,' do not go out. If they say, 'Look! He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.

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

37 For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, 39 and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away,

so too will be the coming of the Son of Man.

17 the one on the housetop must not go down to take what is in the house; 18 the one in the field must not turn back to get a coat.

10:39 Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.

24:40 Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left.

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

19 For in those days there will be suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, no, and never will be. 20 And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut short those days.

21 And if anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! Here is the Messiah!' or 'Look! There he is!'--do not believe it. 22 False messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, the elect. 23 But be alert; I have already told you everything.

14 "But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains;

15 the one on the housetop must not go down or enter the house to take anything away; 16 the one in the field must not turn back to get a coat.

    22 Then he said to the disciples,

"The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

23 They will say to you, 'Look there!' or 'Look here!' Do not go, do not set off in pursuit.

24 For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first he must endure much suffering and be rejected by this generation. 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

27 They were eating and drinking, and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all of them 30 --it will be like that on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

31 On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away; and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it. 34 I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

35 There will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken and the other left." 37 Then they asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather."

† Cf. Kurt Aland, ed., Synopsis of the Four Gospels, rev. printing, 1985, secs. 234-235, pp. 201-204.

* NRSV