³⁹ and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so, too, will be the coming of the Son of Man.

²⁰ For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.^(A)

³⁷ For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.^(A)

¹⁸ They do not know, nor do they comprehend, for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.^{(A) 19} No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. Now shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”^(B)

⁵ They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water,^(A)

⁴⁴ They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”^[a](A)

¹³ The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’^{(A) 14} With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: