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 cannot be but that offences come, but woe [to him] by 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 [more] profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones.
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 should sin, rebuke him; and if he should 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 should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.
5 And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."
And the apostles said to the Lord, Give more faith to us.
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 ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed], ye had said to this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed 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 [is there] who, having a bondman ploughing or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say, Come and lie down immediately to table?
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'?
But will he not say to him, Prepare what I shall sup on, and gird thyself and serve me that I may eat and drink; and after that thou shalt eat and drink?
9 Does he thank the servant for obeying his orders?
Is he thankful to the bondman because he has done what was ordered? I judge not.
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.'"
Thus ye also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what 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 he was going up to Jerusalem, that 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 entered into a certain village ten leprous men met him, who stood afar off.
13 In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."
And they lifted up [their] voice saying, Jesus, Master, have compassion 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 seeing [them] he said to them, Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass 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, seeing that he was cured, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
16 and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
and fell on [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 the nine, where [are they]?
18 Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
There have not been found to return and give glory to God save this stranger.
19 And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
And he said to him, Rise up and go thy way: thy faith has made thee 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.
And having been asked by the Pharisees, When is the kingdom of God coming? he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation;
21 Nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."
nor shall they say, Lo here, or, Lo there; for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of 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 the disciples, Days are coming, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and 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 will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not, nor 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 as the lightning shines which lightens from [one end] under heaven to [the other end] under heaven, thus 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 he must 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 took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall 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 ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all [of them];
28 The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;
and in like manner as took place 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 on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all [of them]:
30 Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.
after this [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 who shall be on the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not go down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
Remember the wife of Lot.
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 save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it 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 to you, In that night there shall be two [men] upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.
35 There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."
Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.
[Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be seized and the other let go.]
37 "Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."
And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered together.
