of Noah so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 Everybody kept on eating and drinking, and men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat and the flood came and killed them all. 28 It will be as it was in the time of Lot. Everybody kept on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 On the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulphur rained down from heaven and killed them all. 30 That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

31. "On that day the man who is on the roof of his house must not go down into his house to get his belongings that are there; in the same way, the man who is out in the field must not go back to the house. 32 Remember Lot's wife! 33 Whoever tries to save his own life will lose it; whoever loses his life will save it. 34 On that night, I tell you, there will be two men sleeping in one bed: one will be taken away, the other left behind. 35 Two women will be grinding meal together: one will be taken away, the other left behind. 36 Two men will be working in a field; one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.

37. The disciples asked him, "Where, Lord?"

Jesus answered, "Where there is a dead body the vultures will gather."

Chapter-18 The Parable of the Widow and Judge

Then Jesus told them this parable, to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged. 2 “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected men. 3 And there was a window in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights: ‘Help me against my opponent! 4 For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to him self, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect men, 5 yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me I will see to it that she gets her rights; or else she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!’ ”

6. And the Lord continued: “Listen to what that corrupt judge said. 7 Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him for help day and night? Will he be slow to help them? 8 I tell you, he will judge in their favor, and do it quickly. But will the Son of Man find faith on earth when he comes?”

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9. Jesus also told this parable to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else. 10 “Once there were two men who went up to the Temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.