Matthew 24:40

Then two will be in the field: one will be taken, and one will be left.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

In Context

39and they didn't know a thing until the flood came and took them all away, so also shall be the coming of the Son of Man.

41Two will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken, and one will be left.

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Cross References

Luke 17:34I say to you, in that night two shall be on one bed: one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did indeed receive what you have, why do you boast as though you did not receive it?

2 Peter 2:7and He rescued righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the indecent conduct of lawless men

Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:33-51

Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth… Read the whole commentary →

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