Luke 17

1 He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come.

Jesus said to his disciples, ‘It is inevitable that there should be temptations but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!

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

It would be better for them if they had been flung into the sea with a millstone round their neck, rather than that they should cause even one of these little ones to stumble.

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

Be on your guard! If your brother or sister does wrong, rebuke them; but if they repent, forgive them.

4 And if he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

Even if they wrong you seven times a day, but turns to you every time and says “I am sorry,” you must forgive them.’

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

‘Give us more faith,’ said the apostles to the Master;

6 The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

but the Master said, ‘If your faith were only like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.

7 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table'?

Which of you, if he had a servant ploughing, or tending the sheep, would say to him, when he came in from the fields, “Come at once and take your place at the table,”

8 But will he not say to him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink, and afterward you can eat and drink'?

Instead of saying “Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and serve me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you will eat and drink yourself”?

9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded?

Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is told?

10 Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

And so with you – when you have done all that you have been told, still say “We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.”’

11 It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed between Samaria and Galilee.

12 As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.

As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.

13 They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

Standing still, some distance off, they called out loudly, ‘Jesus! Sir! Pity us!’

14 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened that as they went, they were cleansed.

When Jesus saw them, he said, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priest.’ And, as they were on their way, they were made clean.

15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.

One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly,

16 He fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.

and threw himself on his face at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done; and this man was a Samaritan.

17 Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

‘Were not all the ten made clean? exclaimed Jesus. But the nine – where are they?

18 Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?"

Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner?

19 Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you."

Get up,’ he said to him, ‘and go on your way. Your faith has delivered you.’

20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God does not come with observation;

Being once asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, Jesus answered, ‘The kingdom of God does not come in a way that can be seen,

21 neither will they say, 'Look, here.' or, 'Look, there.' for the Kingdom of God is within you."

nor will people say “Look, here it is!” or “There it is!”; for the kingdom of God is within you!

22 He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

The day will come,’ he said to his disciples, ‘when you will long to see but one of the days of the Son of Man, and will not see it.

23 And they will tell you, 'Look, there.' or 'Look, here.' Do not go away, nor follow after them,

People will say to you “There he is!” Or “Here he is!” Do not go and follow them.

24 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.

For, just as lightning will lighten and flare from one side of the heavens to the other, so will it be with the Son of Man.

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

But first he must undergo much suffering, and he must be rejected by the present generation.

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

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be again in the days of the Son of Man.

27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the box-shaped ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

They were eating and drinking and marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark, and then the flood came and destroyed them all.

28 Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

So, too, in the days of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;

29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.

but, on the very day on which Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from the skies and destroyed them all.

30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

It will be the same on the day on which the Son of Man reveals himself.

31 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

On that day, if a person is on their house-top and their goods in the house, they must not go down to get them; nor again must one who is on the farm turn back.

32 Remember Lot's wife.

Remember Lot’s wife.

33 Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will preserve it.

Whoever is eager to get the most out of their life will lose it; but whoever will lose it will preserve it.

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

On that night, I tell you, of two people on the same bed, one will be taken and the other left;

35 Two will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.

of two women grinding grain together, one will be taken and the other left.’

36 Two will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left."

37 They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."

‘Where will it be, Master?’ asked the disciples. ‘Where there is a body,’ said Jesus, ‘there will the vultures flock.’