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 to his disciples: “It is impossible for scandals not to occur. But woe to 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 would be better for him if a millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than to lead astray one of these little ones.
3 Be on your guard. "If your brother acts wrongly, reprove him; and if he is sorry, forgive him;
Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, 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 has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, ‘I am sorry,’ then forgive him.”
5 And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."
And 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.
But the Lord said: “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you may say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be transplanted into 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 which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, would say to him, as he was returning from the field, ‘Come in immediately; 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'?
and would not say to him: ‘Prepare my dinner; gird yourself and minister to me, while I eat and drink; and after these things, you shall eat and drink?’
9 Does he thank the servant for obeying his orders?
Would he be grateful to that servant, for doing what he commanded him to do?
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.'"
I think not. So too, when you have done all these things that have been taught to you, you should say: ‘We are useless servants. We have done what we should have done.’”
11 As they pursued their journey to Jerusalem, He passed through Samaria and Galilee.
And it happened that, while he was traveling to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst 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 was entering a certain town, ten leprous men met him, and they stood at a distance.
13 In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."
And they lifted up their voice, saying, “Jesus, Teacher, take pity 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, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that, as they were going, 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 cleansed, returned, magnifying God with a loud voice.
16 and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
And he fell face down before his feet, giving thanks. And this one was a Samaritan.
17 "Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?
And in response, Jesus said: “Were not ten made clean? And so where are the nine?
18 Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
Was no one found who would return and give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
19 And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
And he said to him: “Rise up, go forth. For your faith has saved you.”
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.
Then he was questioned by the Pharisees: “When does the kingdom of God arrive?” And in response, he said to them: “The kingdom of God arrives unobserved.
21 Nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."
And so, they will not say, ‘Behold, it is here,’ or ‘Behold, it is there.’ For behold, 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 to his disciples: “The time will come when you will desire to see one day of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
23 And they will say to you, 'See there!' 'See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.
And they will say to you, ‘Behold, he is here,’ and ‘Behold, he is there.’ Do not choose to go out, and do not follow 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 lightning flashes from under heaven and shines to whatever is under heaven, so also will 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 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.
And just as it happened 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.
They were eating and drinking; they were taking wives and being given in marriage, even until the day that Noah entered 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;
It shall be similar to what happened in the days of Lot. They were eating and drinking; they were buying and selling; they were planting and building.
29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.
Then, on the day that Lot departed from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and it destroyed them all.
30 Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.
According to these things, so shall it be in the day when the Son of man will be 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 hour, whoever will be on the rooftop, with his goods in the house, let him not descend to take them. And whoever will be in the field, similarly, let him not turn 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.
Whoever has sought to save his life, will lose it; and whoever has lost it, will bring it back to life.
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 to you, in that night, there will be two in one bed. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind.
35 There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."
Two will be at the grindstone together. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind. Two will be in the field. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind.”
Responding, they said to him, “Where, Lord?”
37 "Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."
And he said to them, “Wherever the body will be, in that place also, the eagles shall be gathered together.”
