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Luke 17:31

29 But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

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.

32 Remember Lot’s wife!

33 Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.
ASV
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.
DARBY
In that day, he who shall be on the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not go down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
BLB
In that day, the one [who] will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and likewise the one in the field, let him not return to the [things] behind.
ÅB
På den dag må den som er på taket og har sine ting i huset, ikke stige ned for å hente dem, og heller ikke den som er ute på marken, vende tilbake til sitt hjem.
OTB
På den dagen skal ingen på hustaket, med eiendeler inne, gå ned for å hente dem. Likeledes skal ingen i marken gå tilbake for noe.
B1930
På den dag må den som er på taket og har sine ting i huset, ikke stige ned for å hente dem, og heller ikke den som er ute på marken, vende tilbake til sitt hjem.

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  • Jeremiah 45:5

    But 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.”

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  • Matthew 16:26

    What 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?

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  • Luke 21:21

    Then 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.

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  • Mark 13:14–16

    So 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.

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  • Philippians 3:7–8

    But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

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  • Matthew 24:17–21

    Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

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  • Job 2:4

    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

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  • Matthew 6:25

    Therefore 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?

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