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!

Then he said to the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe to him, by 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 were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

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

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother shall trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he shall repent, 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."

And if he tresspasses against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

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

And 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.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say to this mulberry tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should 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, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately, when he is come from the field, Go 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.’

And will not rather say to him, Make ready something that I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunk; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

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

Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.

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.’"

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded to you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

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

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

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

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off:

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

And they lifted up their voices, and said, 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.

And when he saw them, he said to them, Go show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they were going, they were cleansed.

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

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

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

And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

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

And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

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

There are not found returning to give glory to God, except this stranger.

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

And he said to him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee 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,

And when he was asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

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

Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, 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.

And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

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

And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow 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, that lighteneth from the one part under heaven, shineth to the other part under heaven; so shall also 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.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also 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 wives, 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 also as it was in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

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

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone 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.

Even thus shall it be in the day when 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, he who shall be upon the housetop, and his furniture in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

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 shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life shall preserve 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 shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

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

Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

36 (wanting in the most ancient manuscripts)

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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

And they answered and said to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Wherever the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.