23. When people say to you, “Look there,” or “Look here,” don't go looking for him.
24. The day of the Son of Man will be like lightning flashing across the sky.
25. But first he must suffer terribly and be rejected by the people of today.
26. When the Son of Man comes, things will be just as they were when Noah lived.
27. People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day when Noah went into the big boat. Then the flood came and drowned everyone on earth.
28. When Lot lived, people were also eating and drinking. They were buying, selling, planting, and building.
29. But on the very day Lot left Sodom, fiery flames poured down from the sky and killed everyone.
30. The same will happen on the day when the Son of Man appears.
31. At that time no one on a rooftop should go down into the house to get anything. No one in a field should go back to the house for anything.
32. Remember what happened to Lot's wife.