19. And he said to him: "Rise up, go forth. For your faith has saved you."
20. Then he was questioned by the Pharisees: "When does the kingdom of God arrive?" And in response, he said to them: "The kingdom of God arrives unobserved.
21. And so, they will not say, 'Behold, it is here,' or 'Behold, it is there.' For behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
22. And he said to his disciples: "The time will come when you will desire to see one day of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
23. And they will say to you, 'Behold, he is here,' and 'Behold, he is there.' Do not choose to go out, and do not follow them.
24. For just as lightning flashes from under heaven and shines to whatever is under heaven, so also will the Son of man be in his day.
25. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26. And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of man.
27. They were eating and drinking; they were taking wives and being given in marriage, even until the day that Noah entered the ark. And the flood came and destroyed them all.