Luke 17
1 And He said to the 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 more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put around his neck, and he has been cast into the sea, than that he may 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 your brother may sin in regard to you, rebuke him, and if he may change his mind, forgive him,
Be on your guard. "If your brother acts wrongly, reprove him; and if he is sorry, forgive him;
4 and if seven times in the day he may sin against you, and seven times in the day may return to you, saying, I change my mind, you 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, “Add to us faith”;
And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."
6 and the LORD said, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard, you would have said to this sycamine, Be 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 who is he of you—having a servant plowing or feeding—who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come, recline at once?
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 But will not [rather] say to him, Prepare what I may dine, and having girded yourself around, minister to me, until I eat and drink, and after these things 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 have favor to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.
Does he thank the servant for obeying his orders?
10 So also you, when you may have done all the things directed you, say, We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do we have done.”
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, in His going on to Jerusalem, that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee,
As they pursued their journey to Jerusalem, He passed through Samaria and Galilee.
12 and He entering into a certain village, there ten leprous men met Him, who stood far off,
And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.
13 and they lifted up the voice, saying, “Jesus, Master, deal kindly with us”;
In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."
14 and having seen [them], He said to them, “Having gone on, show yourselves to the priests”; and it came to pass, in 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 having seen that he was healed turned back, 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 and he fell on [his] face at His feet, giving thanks to Him, and he was a Samaritan.
and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said, “Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine—where?
"Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?
18 There were none found who turned back 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, “Having risen, be going on, your faith has saved you.”
And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
20 And having been 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, Behold, here; or, Behold, there; for behold, 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 And He said to His disciples, “Days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man and you will not behold [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, Behold, here; or, Behold, there; you may not go away, nor follow;
And they will say to you, 'See there!' 'See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.
24 for as the lightning is flashing out of one [part] under the sky [and] shines to the other [part] under the sky, so will the Son of Man also 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 and first it is necessary for Him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.
But first He must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the present generation.
26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so will it also 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 were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the Ark, and the flood came, and destroyed 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 in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;
The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;
29 and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from the sky, and destroyed all.
but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.
30 According to these things it will be, in the 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, do not let him come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, do not let him turn backward;
"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 the wife of Lot.
Remember Lot's wife.
33 Whoever may seek to save his life, will lose it; and whoever may lose 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 say to you, in that night there will be two [men] on one bed: one will be taken, and the other 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 [women] will be grinding at the same place together: one will be taken, and the other will be left;
There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."
36 [[two [men] will be in the field: one will be taken, and the other left.”]]
37 And they answering say to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “Where the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered together.”
"Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."
