Luke 17:28

In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

In Context

27They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.

29But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,

Ezekiel 16:49Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

Matthew Henry on Luke 17:21-37

The Progress of Christ's Kingdom; Destruction of Jerusalem. 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not… Read the whole commentary →

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