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 Domain
ASVPD

“Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 24:40 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Luke 17:34I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
  3. Luke 23:39One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
  4. 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?
  5. 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;
  6. 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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