Luke 17
1 Then He said to the disciples: “Things that cause people to fall are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do 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 would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall.
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 Watch out for yourselves: if your brother sins against you, 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 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in that day returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must 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 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."
6 So the Lord said: “If you had faith like a mustard seed has, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey 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 “And which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline to eat’?
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 something for me to eat, and gird yourself and serve me until I eat and drink, and afterward you 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 thank that slave because he did the things commanded? I guess not!
Does he thank the servant for obeying his orders?
10 So likewise you, whenever you have done everything you were told to do, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves, because we have only done what we were supposed to.’”
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 Now as He was traveling toward Jerusalem, He went along between Samaria and Galilee.
As they pursued their journey to Jerusalem, He passed through Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him—being lepers they stood at a distance.
And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.
13 They called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."
14 And paying attention He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” It happened that as they went 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 Well one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice;
One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice,
16 then he fell on his face at His feet, thanking Him—and he was a Samaritan!
and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
17 So Jesus reacted by saying: “Were not all ten cleansed? So where are the nine?
"Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?
18 None were found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner!”
Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
19 Then He said to him, “Get up and go; your faith has made you well.”
And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, 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, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ because indeed the Kingdom of God is within you.”
Nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."
22 Then He said to the disciples: “Days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of the Man, and you 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, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Do not go along or follow.
And they will say to you, 'See there!' 'See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.
24 Because just like the lightning that lights the whole sky when it flashes, so also will the Son of the 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 He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
But first He must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the present generation.
26 Also, just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of the 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 were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered 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 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building—
The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;
29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven 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 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of the 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 is on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to get them; and likewise he who is in the field, let him not turn back.
"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 seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever ‘wastes’ it will preserve it.
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 tell you: on that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken and the other 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 women will be grinding together; one will be taken and the other left.”
There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."
37 They reacted by saying to Him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where there is a carcass, there will the vultures also be gathered.”
"Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."
