Matthew 24:38

The Passion Translation

Before the flood, people lived their lives eating, drinking, marrying, and having children.

Cross References

Luke 12:45

“But what if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master delays his coming, and who knows when he will return?’ Because of the delay, the servant elevates himself and mistreats those in his master’s household. Instead of caring for the ones he was appointed to serve, he abuses the other servants, both men and women. He throws drunken parties for his friends and gives himself over to every pleasure.

Genesis 6:2

Divine beings found them very appealing, so they took the women they wanted as their wives.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful that you never allow your hearts to grow cold. Be careful that you are not caught off guard, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, and that day will come upon you suddenly like a trap. Don’t let me come and find you drunk or living carelessly like everyone else.

Luke 12:19

Then I can just sit back, surrounded with comfort and ease. I’ll enjoy life with no worries at all.’

Matthew 22:30

For after the resurrection, men and women will not marry, just like the angels of heaven don’t marry.

Genesis 7:7

Noah and his wife and his sons and their wives boarded the ark to escape the flood.

Genesis 7:23

All life on earth was blotted out—all that he had made, animals large and small, wild and domesticated, birds and reptiles, including humanity, was wiped off the face of the earth. Only Noah was left behind, and those who were in the ark with him.