Luke 17
1 And he said to his disciples, It is impossible for the stumbling-blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come!
Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that causes of stumbling should come; but alas for him through whom they come!
2 It is better for him if a donkey-powered millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
It would be well for him if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea, rather than that he should cause even one of these little ones to fall.
3 Take heed to yourselves. And if thy brother should sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
Be on your guard. "If your brother acts wrongly, reprove him; and if he is sorry, forgive him;
4 And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him.
and if seven times in a day he acts wrongly towards you, and seven times turns again to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."
5 And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase faith for us.
And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."
6 And the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard plant, ye would say to this sycamine tree, Be thou uprooted and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.
"If your faith," replied the Lord, "is like a mustard seed, you might command this black-mulberry-tree, 'Tear up your roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and instantly it would obey you.
7 But which of you having a bondman plowing or feeding livestock, who, when he comes in from the field, will straightaway say, After coming near, sit down?
But which of you who has a servant ploughing, or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the farm, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'
8 Will he not rather say to him, Prepare what I may dine, and having gird thyself, serve me until I eat and drink, and after these things thou will eat and drink?
and will not rather say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, make yourself tidy, and wait upon me till I have finished my dinner, and then you shall have yours'?
9 Does he have a favor for that bondman because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.
Does he thank the servant for obeying his orders?
10 Thus ye also, when ye did all the things that were commanded you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen, because we have done what we are obligated to do.
So you also, when you have obeyed all the orders given you, must say, "'There is no merit in our service: what we have done is only what we were in duty bound to do.'"
11 And it came to pass as he went to Jerusalem, that he was passing through the middle of Samaria and Galilee.
As they pursued their journey to Jerusalem, He passed through Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as he entered into a certain village, ten leprous men who stood from afar met him.
And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.
13 And they raised a voice, saying, Jesus, Master, be merciful to us.
In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."
14 And when he saw them, he said to them, After departing, display yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, during their going they were cleansed.
Perceiving this, He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the Priests." And while on their way to do this they were made clean.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back with a great voice glorifying God.
One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice,
16 And he fell upon his face beside his feet giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
17 And having answered, Jesus said, Were not the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
"Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?
18 Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?
Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
19 And he said to him, After rising, go. Thy faith has healed thee.
And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
20 And questioned by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God comes, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation,
Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God was coming, He answered, "The Kingdom of God does not so come that you can stealthily watch for it.
21 nor will they say, Lo, here! or, Lo, there! For behold, the kingdom of God is inside of you.
Nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."
22 And he said to the disciples, The days will come when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see it.
Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.
23 And they will say to you, Lo, here! Lo, there! Do not depart, nor pursue.
And they will say to you, 'See there!' 'See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.
24 For just as the lightning, its flashing from under the sky to under the sky, illuminates, so will the Son of man be in his day.
For just as the lightning, when it flashes, shines from one part of the horizon to the opposite part, so will the Son of Man be on His day.
25 But first it is necessary for him to suffer many things and be rejected from this generation.
But first He must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the present generation.
26 And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so also it will be in the days of the Son of man.
"And as it was in the time of Noah, so will it also be in the time of the Son of Man.
27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Men were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving wives, up to the very day on which Noah entered the Ark, and the Deluge came and destroyed them all.
28 And likewise as it happened in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.
The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;
29 But in that day Lot went out from Sodom he rained fire and brimstone from the sky, and destroyed them all.
but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.
30 It will be according to these things in that day the Son of man is revealed.
Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.
31 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his vessels in the house, let him not go down to take them up. And let him who is in the field likewise not return for the things behind.
"On that day, if a man is on the roof and his property indoors, let him not go down to fetch it; and, in the same way, he who is in the field, let him not turn back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
Remember Lot's wife.
33 Whoever will seek to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose it will keep it alive.
Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
34 I say to you, in that night there will be two in one bed. The one man will be taken, and the other man will be left.
On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.
35 Two will be grinding together. The one woman will be taken, and the other woman will be left.
There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."
36 This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.
37 And having answered, they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there the vultures will be gathered together.
"Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."
