Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 17:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 17:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 17:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, this verse tells us that when an important time comes, we shouldn't worry about our things or belongings. It's more important to be ready and focused on what truly matters.

Luke 17:31: 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.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

This verse encourages not to worry about material things, similar to the essence of Luke 17:31, rather than contradict.

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Contradiction with Philippians 3:13

This verse emphasizes forgetting what is behind and focusing on the future, which is complementary to Luke 17:31's focus on not returning for belongings.

Philippians 3:13: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Contradiction with Genesis 19:26

This verse narrates Lot's wife looking back and turning into a pillar of salt, warning against looking back, supporting the essence of Luke 17:31.

Genesis 19:26: But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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