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, “Temptations are unavoidable, but it will be a disaster for those 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, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
For such people it would be better to have a millstone hung around the neck and be thrown into the sea than to cause these little ones to sin.
3 Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he makes teshuvah ·complete repentance·, forgive him.
So take care what you do. If your brother sins, warn him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I make teshuvah ·complete repentance·,’ you shall forgive him.”
Even if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times comes back and tells you, ‘I'm really sorry,’ forgive him.”
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our trusting faith.”
The apostles said to the Lord, “Help us to have more trust!”
6 The Lord said, “If you had trusting faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
The Lord replied, “Even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Uproot yourself, and plant yourself 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,’
Say you have a servant who does plowing or shepherding. When he comes in from work, do you say to him, ‘Come in and sit down now for a meal’?
8 and will not rather tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink’?
No. You say to him, ‘Prepare a meal for me, get yourself dressed, and serve me until I've finished my meal. After that you can have your meal.’
9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.
And do you thank the servant for doing what you told him? No.
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.’”
Likewise once you've done everything you were told, you should simply say, ‘We are undeserving servants. We just did our duty.’”
11 As he was on his way to Jerusalem [City of peace], he was passing along the borders of Samaria [Watch-mountain] and Galilee [District, Circuit].
As Jesus continued on his way to Jerusalem, he passed along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
12 As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were afflicted with tzara'at ·leprosy· met him, who stood at a distance.
As he entered a particular village, ten lepers met him, standing at a distance.
13 They lifted up their voices, saying, “Yeshua [Salvation], Master, have mercy on us!”
They called out, “Jesus, Master, please have mercy on us.”
14 When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went, they were cleansed.
When Jesus saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” On their way there, they were healed.
15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
One of them when he saw that he was healed, returned to Jesus, shouting praises to God.
16 He fell on his face at Yeshua [Salvation]'s feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan [person from Watch-mountain].
He fell down at Jesus' feet, thanking him. He was a Samaritan.
17 Yeshua [Salvation] answered, “Were not the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
“Weren't ten lepers healed?” Jesus asked. “Where are the other nine?
18 Were there none found who teshuvah ·completely returned· to give glory to God, except this stranger?”
Didn't anyone else come back to praise God—only this foreigner?”
19 Then he said to him, “Get up, and go your way. Your trusting faith has healed you.”
Jesus told the man, “Get up and go on your way. Your trust has healed you.”
20 Being asked by the Pharisees [Separated] when God’s Kingdom would come, he answered them, “God’s Kingdom does not come with observation;
Once, when the Pharisees came and asked him when God's kingdom would come, Jesus replied, “God's kingdom doesn't come with visible signs that you can observe.
21 neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.”
People won't be saying, ‘Look, it's here’ or ‘Look, it's there,’ for God's kingdom is among 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.
Then Jesus told the disciples, “The time is coming when you'll long to see the day when the Son of man comes, but you won't see it.
23 They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away, nor follow after them,
They'll be telling you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is,’ but don't go running off after 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.
The day when the Son of man comes will be just like lightning that flashes, lighting up the sky from one side to the other.
25 But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
But first he will have to suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.
26 As it was in the days of Noah [Rest], even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.
The time when the Son of man comes will be like it was in Noah's day.
27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah [Rest] entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
People went on eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot [Veil, Covering]: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
It will be like it was in Lot's day. People went on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
29 but in the day that Lot [Veil, Covering] went out from Sodom [Burning], Yahweh caused it to rain fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
The day when the Son of man appears will be just like that.
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.
If you're up on the roof that day don't go down and get your things; and if you're out in the fields don't go back home either.
32 Remember Lot [Veil, Covering]’s wife!
Remember Lot's wife!
33 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
If you try to hold on to your life you'll lose it; but if you lose your life you'll save 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.
I tell you, at that time two will be in bed at night; one will be taken and the other left.
35 There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left.
Two women will be grinding grain, one will be taken; and the other left.”
36 Two will be in the field: the one 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, Lord?” they asked. “Where the carcass is, that's where the vultures gather,” Jesus replied.
