Matthew 24:41

Good News Translation

Two women will be at a mill grinding meal: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.

Cross References

Exodus 11:5

and every first-born son in Egypt will die, from the king's son, who is heir to the throne, to the son of the slave woman who grinds grain. The first-born of all the cattle will die also.

Isaiah 47:2

Turn the millstone! Grind the flour! Off with your veil! Strip off your fine clothes! Lift up your skirts to cross the streams!

Matthew 24:40

At that time two men will be working in a field: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.

Luke 17:35

Two women will be grinding meal together: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.”

Deuteronomy 24:6

“When you lend someone something, you are not to take as security his millstones used for grinding his grain. This would take away the family's means of preparing food to stay alive.