Matthew 24:40 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁰ At that time there will be two men [working] in a field; one will be taken [i.e., to be with the Lord. See I Thess. 4:17], while the other one will be left [i.e., to be punished by the Lord. See II Thess. 1:7-9].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ At that time there will be two men in the field. One will be taken and the other left.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Then two men will be in a field: one will be taken up, and one will be left behind.

Matthew 24:40 Cross References

2 Peter 2:5

and if He did not spare the ancient world of Noah’s day, when He brought a flood on those ungodly people (though Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven other people, were saved from it);

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you different [from each other]? [i.e., with some being viewed as superior and others inferior] And what do you have that you did not receive [from God]? But if you received it [from Him], then why do you boast as though you did not [receive it as a gift]?

Matthew 24:39

And the people [i.e., of Noah’s day] did not know [when it would happen] until the Flood came and swept them all away. It will be the same way when the presence of the Son of man [arrives].

Matthew 24:41

Two women will be grinding grain at a millstone [Note: This was a hand-operated device where two persons sat across from each other and rotated a circular stone over kernels of grain]; one will be taken, while the other one will be left.