Matthew 24:39

New American Bible - revised edition

They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be [also] at the coming of the Son of Man.

Cross References

Genesis 7:23

The Lord wiped out every being on earth: human beings and animals, the crawling things and the birds of the air; all were wiped out from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.

Proverbs 23:35

“They struck me, but it did not pain me; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When can I get up, when can I go out and get more?”

Proverbs 24:12

because you said, “We didn’t know about it”? Surely, the Searcher of hearts knows and will repay all according to their deeds.

Proverbs 29:7

The just care for the cause of the poor; the wicked do not understand such care.

Isaiah 42:25

So he poured out wrath upon them, his anger, and the fury of battle; It blazed all around them, yet they did not realize, it burned them, but they did not take it to heart.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.

Matthew 24:3

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately and said, “Tell us, when will this happen, and what sign will there be of your coming, and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 24:30

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Matthew 24:37

For as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:40

Two men will be out in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left.

Luke 19:44

They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” The Cleansing of the Temple.

John 3:20

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed.

Acts 13:41

‘Look on, you scoffers, be amazed and disappear. For I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe even if someone tells you.’”

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper.

2 Peter 3:5

They deliberately ignore the fact that the heavens existed of old and earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God;

Judges 20:34

and advanced against Gibeah with ten thousand picked men from all Israel. The fighting was severe, but no one knew that a disaster was closing in.