Luke 17
1 Then he said to the disciples, It is impossible but that causes of sin will come: but woe [to him] by 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 were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.
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 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother shall trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he shall repent 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 shall trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day shall turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt 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 And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.
‘Give us more faith,’ said the apostles to the Master;
6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou 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 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?
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 And will not rather say to him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drank; and afterward thou shalt 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 Doth he thank that servant, because he did the things that were commanded him? I suppose not.
Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is told?
10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all the things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which it was our duty to do.
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 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed between Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood at a distance.
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
13 And they lifted up [their] voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
Standing still, some distance off, they called out loudly, ‘Jesus! Sir! Pity us!’
14 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.
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 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly,
16 And fell down on [his] face at his 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 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where [are] the nine?
‘Were not all the ten made clean? exclaimed Jesus. But the nine – where are they?
18 There are not found returning to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner?
19 And he said to him, Arise, depart: thy faith hath made thee whole.
Get up,’ he said to him, ‘and go on your way. Your faith has delivered you.’
20 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.
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, Lo here! or lo there! for behold, 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 And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when ye will desire to see one of the days of the son of man, and ye shall 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 say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after [them], nor follow them.
People will say to you “There he is!” Or “Here he is!” Do not go and follow them.
24 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.
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 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall 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 wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; 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 also as it was 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 the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, 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 Even thus shall it be in the day when 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 shall be upon the house-top, 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.
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 shall seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life, shall 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 [men] 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 [women] will be grinding together; the one will be taken, and the other left.
of two women grinding grain together, one will be taken and the other left.’
36 Two [men] will be in the field; the one will be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said to him, Where Lord? And he said to them, Wherever the body [is], thither will the eagles be collected.
‘Where will it be, Master?’ asked the disciples. ‘Where there is a body,’ said Jesus, ‘there will the vultures flock.’
