Luke 17:31

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“On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.”

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BSBPD

“On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 17:31 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
  2. Jeremiah 45:5But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
  3. Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
  4. Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
  5. Matthew 24:17Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
  6. Mark 13:14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
  7. Luke 21:21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.
  8. Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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