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35 One day, the earth and the sky will have an end. But my words will be there for ever.’

Nobody will know when the Son of Man will return

36 Jesus then said, ‘Nobody knows the day or the hour when all these things will happen. Only God the Father knows when they will happen. The angels who are in heaven do not know. Even the Son does not know. 37 Remember what happened when Noah was alive.[a] It will be like that when the Son of Man returns to the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:37 We can read the story about Noah in Genesis 6. God sent the flood very quickly when the people were not thinking about it. Jesus will also return quickly when people are not thinking about it.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.(A)

The Day and Hour Unknown(B)(C)

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[a] but only the Father.(D) 37 As it was in the days of Noah,(E) so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:36 Some manuscripts do not have nor the Son.