Luke 17

1 And Jesus said to his disciples: It cannot be, but that offences will come: but woe to him, by whom they come.

And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

2 Better for him were it, if a millstone were suspended to his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

3 Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother transgress, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

4 And if he shall offend against thee seven times in a day, and, seven times in a day, shall turn himself to thee, and say, I repent; forgive him.

And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

5 And the Legates said to our Lord: Increase our faith.

And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

6 He said to them: If ye had faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye might say to this mulberry-tree, Be thou torn up by the roots, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

7 Which of you, having a servant driving a yoke of oxen, or tending sheep, will say to him when he cometh from the field, Pass on at once, and recline for supper?

But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

8 But he will say to him: Prepare for me what I may sup upon, and gird thy loins and serve me, until I have eaten and drunken; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink.

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

9 Hath he thanks for him, because the servant did what was commanded him? I think not.

Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

10 So also ye, when ye have done all the things commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants, for we have done only what we were obligated to do.

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

11 And it occurred as Jesus advanced towards Jerusalem, that he passed among the Samaritans into Galilee.

And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

12 And when he drew near to enter a certain village, there met him ten leprous men; and they stood at a distance,

And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

13 and raised their voice, and said: Our Rabbi, Jesus, have compassion upon us.

Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14 And when he had looked upon them, he said to them: Go, show yourselves to the priests. And as they were going, they were cleansed.

And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, returned, and with a loud voice, glorified God.

And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;

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

And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria.

17 And Jesus answered, and said: Were they not ten who were cleansed? Where are the nine?

And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?

18 Have they so gone as not to come and give glory to God; except this one, who is of another nation?

Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?

19 And he said to him; Arise, and go: thy faith hath given thee life.

And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.

20 And as some of the Pharisees asked him, When the kingdom of God would come; he answered, and said to them: The kingdom of God will not come with observables.

And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

21 And they will not say: Behold, here it is! or, Behold, it is there! For lo, the kingdom of God is within you

And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

22 And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see them.

And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

23 And if they shall say to you: Lo, here he is! or, Lo, there he is! go not forth.

And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

24 For, as the lightning darteth from the heavens, and illuminateth all beneath the heavens; so will the Son of man be, in his day.

For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

25 But, previously, he is to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.

But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation.

26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

27 They ate and drank, they took wives and were given to husbands, until the day that Noah entered the ark; and the flood came, and destroyed every one.

They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.

28 And again, as it was in the days of Lot; they ate and drank, bought and sold, planted and built.

In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;

29 But in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, the Lord rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed them all.

But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

30 Thus will it be, in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.

So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

31 In that day, let him that is on the house-top, and his goods in the house, not come down to take them: and let him that is in the field, not return after what is behind him.

On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

32 Remember Lot's wife.

Keep in mind Lot's wife.

33 He that desireth to preserve his life, will lose it; and he that will lose his life, shall preserve it.

If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

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

I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

35 And two females will be grinding together; one will be taken, and the other left.

Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

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

37 They answered, and said to him: Whither, our Lord? He said to them: Where the body is, there will the eagles assemble themselves.

And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.