Matthew 24:40 Cross References
Matthew 24:40
40: "Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left.
Luke 17:34
- That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken away, and the other will be left.
- Two women will be grinding flour together at the mill; one will be taken, the other left. "
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- "Lord, where will this happen?" the disciples asked. Jesus replied, "Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near."
2 Peter 2:7
- But at the same time, God rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a good man who was sick of all the immorality and wickedness around him.
- Yes, he was a righteous man who was distressed by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.
- So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while punishing the wicked right up until the day of judgment.
2 Peter 2:5
- And God did not spare the ancient world--except for Noah and his family of seven. Noah warned the world of God's righteous judgment. Then God destroyed the whole world of ungodly people with a vast flood.
1 Corinthians 4:7
- What makes you better than anyone else? What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?
2 Chronicles 33:12
- But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the LORD his God and cried out humbly to the God of his ancestors.
- And when he prayed, the LORD listened to him and was moved by his request for help. So the LORD let Manasseh return to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Manasseh had finally realized that the LORD alone is God!
- It was after this that Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, from west of the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley to the Fish Gate, and continuing around the hill of Ophel, where it was built very high. And he stationed his military officers in all of the fortified cities of Judah.
- Manasseh also removed the foreign gods from the hills and the idol from the LORD's Temple. He tore down all the altars he had built on the hill where the Temple stood and all the altars that were in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
- Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He also encouraged the people of Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
Luke 23:39
- One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, "So you're the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself--and us, too, while you're at it!"
- But the other criminal protested, "Don't you fear God even when you are dying?
- We deserve to die for our evil deeds, but this man hasn't done anything wrong."
- Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom."
- And Jesus replied, "I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise."