Matthew 24:38 Cross References - Rotherham

³⁸ For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage,––until the day Noah entered into the ark;

² that, the sons of God, saw, the daughters of men, that they were, fair,––so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose.

⁷ So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark,––from before the waters of the flood.

³⁶ And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply,––so she told him nothing––less or more, until the light of the morning. ³⁷ And it came to pass, in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, and his wife told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone. ³⁸ And it came to pass, in about ten days, that Yahweh smote Nabal, that he died.

¹⁶ So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land,––eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. ¹⁷ And David smote them, from the closing twilight even unto the evening of the next day,––and there escaped not of them a man, save four hundred young men who rode upon camels, and fled.

¹² And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called, in that day,––for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare, and for girding with sackcloth, ¹³ Then lo! joy and rejoicing, killing oxen, and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine,––Let us eat and drink, For, tomorrow, we may die! ¹⁴ Therefore did Yahweh reveal himself in mine ears, Surely there shall be no propitiatory–covering put over this iniquity for you, until ye die, Saith My Lord, Yahweh, of hosts.

⁴⁹ Lo! this, became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister,––Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security, came to her and to her daughters, And, the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not. ⁵⁰ So then they became haughty, and committed abomination before me,––And I took them away, when I saw [it],

³ Ye who are putting far away the day of calamity,––but bringing near the abode of violence: ⁴ Who are lying on beds of ivory, and sprawling on their couch of pleasure,––and eating the well–fed of the flock, and the fatted calves out of the midst of the stalls: ⁵ Who are bawling at the bidding of the harp,––like David, have they invented for themselves instruments of song: ⁶ Who are quaffing bowls of wine, and, with the best of oils, anointing themselves,––and are not afflicted for the injury of Joseph:––

³⁰ For, in the resurrection, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but, as messengers in the heaven, are they.

¹⁹ and will say to my soul––Soul! thou hast many good things [lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink,] be making merry!

⁴⁵ But, if that servant should say in his heart––My lord delayeth to come! and should begin to be striking the youths and the maidens,––to be eating also, and drinking, and making himself drunk,

¹⁸ And they all began, one after another to excuse themselves. The first, said unto him––A field, have I bought, and have need to go out and see it: I request thee, hold me excused. ¹⁹ And, another, said––Five yoke of oxen, have I bought, and am going my way to prove them; I request thee, hold me excused. ²⁰ And, another, said––A wife, have I married, and, for this cause, I cannot come!

²⁶ And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so, will it be, even in the days of the Son of Man: ²⁷ They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage,––until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ In like manner, as it came to pass in the days of Lot, They were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building,––

³⁴ But be taking heed unto yourselves, lest once your hearts be made heavy––with debauch and drunkenness and anxieties about livelihood, and that day come upon you suddenly,

¹³ As in daytime, becomingly let us walk: not in revellings and in drunken bouts, not in chamberings and in wanton deeds, not in strife and envy; –– ¹⁴ But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and, for the flesh, take not forethought to fulfill its covetings.

²⁹ But, this, I say––the opportunity is, contracted for what remaineth––in order that, they who have wives, may be, as though they had none, ³⁰ And, they who weep, as though they wept not, and, they who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not, and, they who buy, as though they possessed not, ³¹ And, they who use the world, as though they used it not to the full,––for the fashion of this world passeth away;