Luke 17

1 Jesus said to his disciples. "It is not possible but that occasions of stumbling should occur, but woe to him through whom they come!

Jesus said to his disciples, “It is certain there will be things that can cause us to sin, but woe to that person through whom they come!

2 "It were well for him if a millstone were tied about his neck, and he were hurled into the sea, rather than he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

3 "Be on you guard! "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him.

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

4 "And if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times a day turns to you saying ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him."

If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him!”

5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

6 "If your faith," answered Jesus, "were like a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this tree, ‘Tear yourself up and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

The Lord said, “If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

7 "But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, ‘Come at once, sit down to dinner,’

But which of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down to eat'?

8 "and will not rather tell him, ‘Get ready something for me to eat, and gird yourself to wait on me until I have eaten and drunken. Then you shall eat and drink.’

Will he not say to him, 'Prepare something for me to eat, and put a belt around your clothes and serve me until I have finished eating and drinking. Then afterward you will eat and drink'?

9 "Does he think the slave because he did the things that were commanded?

He does not thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded, does he?

10 "Even so, you also, after you have done all the things that are commanded you, should say, ‘We are but slaves, we have only done what it was our duty to do.’"

Even so you also, when you have done everything that you are commanded, should say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have only done what we ought to do.'”

11 Now it happened that as he went his way to Jerusalem, he passed between Samaria and Galilee.

It came about that as he traveled to Jerusalem, he went along the border between Samaria and Galilee.

12 And as he was going certain village ten lepers met him.

As he entered into a certain village, there he was met by ten men who were lepers. They stood far away from him

13 They stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, take pity on us."

and they lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”

14 Perceiving this he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priest." And as they went they were made clean.

When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went away they were cleansed.

15 Now one of them, as he saw that he was cured, came back, glorifying God in a loud voice,

When one of them saw that he was healed, he turned back, with a loud voice glorifying God.

16 and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.

He fell down at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. He was a Samaritan.

17 "Were there not ten cleansed?" asked Jesus, "but where are the nine?

Then Jesus said, “Were not the ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

18 "Are there none found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner?"

Were there no others who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

19 And he said unto him, "Rise and go, your faith has healed you."

He said to him, “Arise, and go. Your faith has made you well.”

20 The Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered. "The kingdom of God does not come so that you can catch sight of it,

Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with careful observing.

21 "nor will they say, ‘Look here it is!’ or ‘See there!’ - for the kingdom of God is now in your midst."

Neither will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or, 'There it is!' For look, the kingdom of God is within you.”

22 Then he said turning to his disciples. "The days will come when you shall long to see one of the days of the Son of man, you shall not see it.

He said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

23 "And they shall say to you, ‘Lo there! Lo there!’ But do not go away or follow them.

Then they will say to you, 'Look, there! Look, here!' But do not go out or run after them,

24 "For as the lightning when it lightens out of the one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

for as the lightning shines brightly when it flashes from one part of the sky to another part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

25 "But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected buy his generation.

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

26 "And this was in the time of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of man.

As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it also happen in the days of the Son of Man.

27 "Men were eating and drinking; they were marrying and being married, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark—and the flood came and destroyed them all.

28 "The same was true in the time of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;

Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

29 "but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

But in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 "In the same manner it shall be in the day that the Son of man shall be revealed.

After the same manner it will be in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

31 "On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside, let him not go down to take them away; nor should a man in the field turn back.

In that day, do not let him who is on the housetop go down to get his goods out of the house; and do not let him who is in the field return.

32 "Remember Lot’s wife!

Remember Lot's wife.

33 "Whoever seeks to keep his life shall lose it; but whoever loses it shall preserve it.

Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will save it.

34 "I tell you that in one night there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.

I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken, and the other will be left.

35 "There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken and the other left."

There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken, and the other will be left.”

36 (wanting in the most ancient manuscripts)

37 "Where, Master?" they asked him. "Where the dead body is," he answered, "there will the vultures be gathered together."

They asked him, “Where, Lord?” and he said to them, “Where there is a body, there will the vultures also be gathered together.”