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!
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will 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 better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend 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 trespass against thee, 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 trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day 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 Yahushua, 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 Yahushua said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should 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, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go 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 that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow 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.'"
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which 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 went 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, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
13 In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."
And they lifted up their voices, and said, Yahushua, 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 shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, 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, and with a loud voice glorified YHWH,
16 and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
And fell down 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 Yahushua answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
18 Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
There are not found that returned to give glory to YHWH, save this stranger.
19 And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
And he said unto him, Arise, 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 when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of YHWH should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of YHWH 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, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of YHWH 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, See here; or, see there: go not after them, 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, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also 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 was in the days of Noe, 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 did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe 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 also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, 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 the same day that Lot went out of 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.
Even thus shall it be in the day when 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 which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff 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.
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 save his life shall lose it; and 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 tell you, in that night there shall be two men in 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."
Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Two men shall be in the field; the one shall 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."
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Rabbi? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
