20 Now when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom
of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not
come with observation; 21 nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!'
for behold, the kingdom of God is within you." 22 Then he said to the
disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the
days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 And they will say to
you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' Do not go after them or follow them.
24 For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one part to the
other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer
many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 Just as it was in the
days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They
ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day
when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28
Likewise as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought,
they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on the day when Lot went out
from Sodom fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all. 30
So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day,
let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come
down to take them away. And likewise let him who is in the field not turn
back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whoever seeks to keep his life will
lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, on that
night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35
Two women will be grinding together; one will be taken and the other
left." 37 And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where
the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."
18
1 Then he told them a parable, to show that they ought always to
pray and not lose heart. 2 He said: "In a certain city there was a judge who
neither feared God nor regarded man. 3 And there was a widow in that
city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my
adversary.' 4 For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself,
'Though I neither fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because this widow
bothers me, I will give her justice, or she will wear me out by her
continual coming.'" 6 And the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge
says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his elect, who cry to him
day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you that he will
bring about justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man
comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
9 Also he told this parable to some who trusted in themselves
that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 "Two men went up to
the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am
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