Luke 17

1 And he said to his disciples: “It is impossible for scandals not to occur. But woe to him through whom they come!

And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

2 It would be better for him if a millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than to lead astray one of these little ones.

It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

3 Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

4 And if he has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, ‘I am sorry,’ then forgive him.”

And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

5 And the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

6 But the Lord said: “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you may say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be transplanted into the sea.’ And it would obey you.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, would say to him, as he was returning from the field, ‘Come in immediately; sit down to eat,’

But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

8 and would not say to him: ‘Prepare my dinner; gird yourself and minister to me, while I eat and drink; and after these things, you shall eat and drink?’

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

9 Would he be grateful to that servant, for doing what he commanded him to do?

Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

10 I think not. So too, when you have done all these things that have been taught to you, you should say: ‘We are useless servants. We have done what we should have done.’”

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

11 And it happened that, while he was traveling to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

12 And as he was entering a certain town, ten leprous men met him, and they stood at a distance.

And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

13 And they lifted up their voice, saying, “Jesus, Teacher, take pity on us.”

Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14 And when he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that, as they were going, they were cleansed.

And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, returned, magnifying God with a loud voice.

And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;

16 And he fell face down before his feet, giving thanks. And this one was a Samaritan.

And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria.

17 And in response, Jesus said: “Were not ten made clean? And so where are the nine?

And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?

18 Was no one found who would return and give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?

19 And he said to him: “Rise up, go forth. For your faith has saved you.”

And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.

20 Then he was questioned by the Pharisees: “When does the kingdom of God arrive?” And in response, he said to them: “The kingdom of God arrives unobserved.

And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

21 And so, they will not say, ‘Behold, it is here,’ or ‘Behold, it is there.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”

And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

22 And he said to his disciples: “The time will come when you will desire to see one day of the Son of man, and you will not see it.

And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

23 And they will say to you, ‘Behold, he is here,’ and ‘Behold, he is there.’ Do not choose to go out, and do not follow them.

And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

24 For just as lightning flashes from under heaven and shines to whatever is under heaven, so also will the Son of man be in his day.

For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation.

26 And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of man.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

27 They were eating and drinking; they were taking wives and being given in marriage, even until the day that Noah entered the ark. And the flood came and destroyed them all.

They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.

28 It shall be similar to what happened in the days of Lot. They were eating and drinking; they were buying and selling; they were planting and building.

In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;

29 Then, on the day that Lot departed from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and it destroyed them all.

But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

30 According to these things, so shall it be in the day when the Son of man will be revealed.

So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

31 In that hour, whoever will be on the rooftop, with his goods in the house, let him not descend to take them. And whoever will be in the field, similarly, let him not turn back.

On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

32 Remember Lot’s wife.

Keep in mind Lot's wife.

33 Whoever has sought to save his life, will lose it; and whoever has lost it, will bring it back to life.

If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

34 I say to you, in that night, there will be two in one bed. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind.

I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

35 Two will be at the grindstone together. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind. Two will be in the field. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind.”

Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

36 Responding, they said to him, “Where, Lord?”

37 And he said to them, “Wherever the body will be, in that place also, the eagles shall be gathered together.”

And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.