< 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!
Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one 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 would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to 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;
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, 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."
Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
5 And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."
The apostles said to 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 answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will 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,'
Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
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'?
Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?
9 Does he thank the servant for obeying his orders?
Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?
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.'"
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
11 As they pursued their journey to Jerusalem, He passed through Samaria and Galilee.
While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.
As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
13 In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."
and raised their voices, shouting, “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.
When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice,
When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
16 and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
17 "Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?
“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?
18 Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
19 And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well!”
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.
When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
21 Nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."
Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
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.
Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
23 And they will say to you, 'See there!' 'See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.
People will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He is!’ Do not go out or chase 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 just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
25 But first He must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the present generation.
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by 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.
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be 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.
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then 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;
It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down 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.
It will be just like that on the day 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.
On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
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.
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will 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 tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.
35 There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."
Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.”
37 "Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."
“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

< Luke 17 >