The Coming of the Kingdom

Luke 17

20 Being asked by the Pharisees u when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God v is not coming with signs to be observed, 21 nor w will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." 1

22 And he said to the disciples, x "The days are coming when you will desire y to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 z And they will say to you, 'Look, there!' or 'Look, here!' Do not go out or follow them. 24 a For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be b in his day. 2 25 But first c he must suffer many things and c be rejected by this generation. 26 d Just as it was in the days of e Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 f They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of g Lot - they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 h but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all - 30 so will it be i on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, j let the one who is on k the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. 32 l Remember Lot's wife. 33 m Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will n keep it. 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. 35 o There will be two women p grinding together. One will be taken and the other left." 3 37 And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, q "Where the corpse 4 is, there the vultures 5 will gather."

  1. Cross References
    Luke 19:11
    As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
    Acts 1:6
    So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
  2. Cross References
    Luke 12:39
    But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.
  3. Cross References
    Luke 17:23
    And they will say to you, 'Look, there!' or 'Look, here!' Do not go out or follow them.
  4. Cross References
    Luke 5:35
    The days will come when the bridegroom is taken...
    Luke 21:6
    "As for these things that you see, the days wil...
    Matthew 9:15
    And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests...
    Mark 2:20
    The days will come when the bridegroom is taken...
    Luke 19:43
    For the days will come upon you, when your enem...
    Luke 23:29
    For behold, the days are coming when they will ...
    John 4:21
    Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour...
  5. Cross References
    John 8:56
    Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.
    Amos 5:18
    Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord ? It is darkness, and not light.
  6. Cross References
    Luke 21:8
    And he said, "See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and, 'The time is at hand!' Do not go after them.
    Matthew 24:23
    Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it.
    Mark 13:21
    And then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe it.
    Luke 17:21
    Nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 24:27
    For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
  8. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:8
    Who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  9. Cross References
    Luke 13:33
    Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.
    Matthew 16:21
    From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
    Matthew 17:22
    As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
    Mark 8:31
    And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
  10. Cross References
    Luke 13:33
    Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.
    Matthew 16:21
    From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
    Matthew 17:22
    As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
    Mark 8:31
    And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 6:5
    The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
    Genesis 7:7
    And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
    Matthew 24:37
    For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
    1 Thessalonians 5:3
    While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  12. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:7
    By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
    1 Peter 3:20
    Because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
    2 Peter 2:5
    If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
  13. Cross References
    Matthew 24:38 - 39
    For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark.
  14. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:7
    And if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 19:16
    But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
    Genesis 19:24
    Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
    2 Peter 2:6
    If by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly.
  16. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:7
    So that you are not lacking in any spiritual gi...
    2 Thessalonians 1:7
    And to grant relief to you who are afflicted as...
    1 Peter 1:7
    So that the tested genuineness of your faith - ...
    1 Peter 1:13
    Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and...
    1 Peter 4:13
    But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's suffe...
    Matthew 16:27
    For the Son of Man is going to come with his an...
    Matthew 24:44
    Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son o...
  17. Cross References
    Luke 21:21
    Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it.
    Matthew 24:17 - 18
    Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house.
    Mark 13:15 - 16
    Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out.
  18. Cross References
    Luke 5:19
    But finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 19:26
    But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
  20. Cross References
    Matthew 10:39
    Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
  21. Cross References
    Acts 7:19
    He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive.
  22. Cross References
    Matthew 24:41
    Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 11:5
    And every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.
    Isaiah 47:2
    Take the millstones and grind flour, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers.
  24. Cross References
    Matthew 24:28
    Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
    Job 39:30
    His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he.
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