Matthew 24:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.”
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BSBPD
“Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Matthew 24:40 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
- Luke 17:34I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
- Luke 23:39One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
- 1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
- 2 Peter 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
- 2 Peter 2:7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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