Luke 17
1 Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that causes of stumbling should come; but alas for him through whom they come!
And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!
2 It would be well for him if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea, rather than that he should cause even one of these little ones to fall.
It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about 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 acts wrongly, reprove him; and if he is sorry, forgive him;
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4 and if seven times in a day he acts wrongly towards you, and seven times turns again to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."
And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
5 And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
6 "If your faith," replied the Lord, "is like a mustard seed, you might command this black-mulberry-tree, 'Tear up your roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and instantly it would obey you.
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.
7 But which of you who has a servant ploughing, or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the farm, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'
But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;
8 and will not rather say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, make yourself tidy, and wait upon me till I have finished my dinner, and then you shall have yours'?
and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
9 Does he thank the servant for obeying his orders?
Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?
10 So you also, when you have obeyed all the orders given you, must say, "'There is no merit in our service: what we have done is only what we were in duty bound to do.'"
Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
11 As they pursued their journey to Jerusalem, He passed through Samaria and Galilee.
And it came to pass, as they were on the way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off:
13 In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."
and they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
14 Perceiving this, He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the Priests." And while on their way to do this they were made clean.
And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice,
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, with a loud voice glorifying God;
16 and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17 "Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?
And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
18 Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?
19 And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
And he said unto him, Arise, and go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God was coming, He answered, "The Kingdom of God does not so come that you can stealthily watch for it.
And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 Nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."
neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
22 Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
23 And they will say to you, 'See there!' 'See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.
And they shall say to you, Lo, there! Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after [them]:
24 For just as the lightning, when it flashes, shines from one part of the horizon to the opposite part, so will the Son of Man be on His day.
for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.
25 But first He must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the present generation.
But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.
26 "And as it was in the time of Noah, so will it also be in the time of the Son of Man.
And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 Men were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving wives, up to the very day on which Noah entered the Ark, and the Deluge came and destroyed them all.
They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;
Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.
but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:
30 Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.
after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.
31 "On that day, if a man is on the roof and his property indoors, let him not go down to fetch it; and, in the same way, he who is in the field, let him not turn back.
In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
Remember Lot’s wife.
33 Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose [his life] shall preserve it.
34 On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.
I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."
There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
37 "Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."
And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
