Luke 17
1 Jesus said to his disciples: “It is inevitable that there should be snares; yet alas for him who is answerable for them!
He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
2 It would be good for him if he had been flung into the sea with a mill-stone round his neck, rather than that he should prove a snare to even one of these lowly ones.
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.
3 Be on your guard! If your brother does wrong, reprove him; but if he repents, forgive him.
Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
4 Even if he wrongs you seven times a day, but turns to you every time and says ‘I am sorry,’ you must forgive him.”
If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
5 “Give us more faith,” said the Apostles to the Master;
The emissaries said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
6 but the Master said: “If your faith were only like a mustard-seed, you could say to this mulberry tree ‘Be up-rooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
The Lord said, “If you had 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.
7 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 table,’
But who is there amongst you, having a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, that will say when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table’?
8 Instead of saying ‘Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and wait on me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you shall eat and drink yourself’?
Wouldn’t he rather tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink’?
9 Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is told?
Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.
10 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.’”
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.’”
11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed between Samaria and Galilee.
As he was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.
12 As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.
13 Standing still, some distance off, they called out loudly: “Jesus! Sir! pity us!”
They lifted up their voices, saying, “Yeshua, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 When Jesus saw them, he said: “Go and show yourselves to the priest.” And, as they were on their way, they were made clean.
When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly,
One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
16 and threw himself on his face at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done; and this man was a Samaritan.
He fell on his face at Yeshua’s feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
17 “Were not all the ten made clean? exclaimed Jesus. But the nine — where are they?
Yeshua answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
18 Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner?
Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
19 Get up,” he said to him, “and go on your way. Your faith has delivered you.”
Then he said to him, “Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”
20 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 admits of observation,
Being asked by the Pharisees when God’s Kingdom would come, he answered them, “God’s Kingdom doesn’t come with observation;
21 nor will people say ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’; for the Kingdom of God is within you!
neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.”
22 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.
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.
23 People will say to you ‘There he is! or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go and follow them.
They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away or follow after them,
24 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.
for as the lightning, when it flashes out of one part under the sky, shines to another part under the sky, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
25 But first he must undergo much suffering, and he must be rejected by the present generation.
But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be again in the days of the Son of Man.
As it was in the days of Noah, even so it will also be in the days of the Son of Man.
27 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.
They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 So, too, in the days of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;
Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
29 but, on the very day on which Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from the skies and destroyed them all.
but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from the sky and destroyed them all.
30 It will be the same on the day on which the Son of Man reveals himself.
It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
31 On that day, if a man is on his house-top and his goods in the house, he must not go down to get them; nor again must one who is on the farm turn back.
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.
32 Remember Lot’s wife.
Remember Lot’s wife!
33 Whoever is eager to get the most out of his life will lose it; but whoever will lose it shall preserve it.
Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
34 On that night, I tell you, of two men upon the same bed, one will 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 of two women grinding together, one will be taken and the other left.”
There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”
37 “Where will it be, Master?” interposed the disciples. “Where there is a body,” said Jesus, “‘there will the vultures flock.’”
They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”
