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 but that stumbling-blocks will come; 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 were better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck, and be cast into the sea, than to cause one of these little ones to fall away.
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 a day, and seven times turn 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 us more 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 ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye might say to this sycamine-tree, Be plucked up by the roots, and 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,'
And which of you having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will say to him, when he hath come in from the field, Come immediately and place thyself at 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'?
Will he not rather say to 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 owe any thanks to that servant, because he did what was 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.'"
So also do ye, when ye have done all that hath been commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were bound 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 to Jerusalem, that he was traveling on the confines 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 lepers, 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 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 to them, Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that, 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,
And one of them, perceiving that he was freed from his disease, turned back, giving glory to God with a loud voice;
16 and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
and he fell down on his face at his feet, giving thanks to him; 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? Where are the nine?
18 Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
Were there none found returning to give glory to God but this foreigner?
19 And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
And he said to him, Rise and go; thy faith hath 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 being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not in such a manner as to be watched for;
21 Nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."
nor will they say, Lo here! or 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, The days will come, when ye will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and 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, Lo there! lo here! Go not away, and follow not.
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 one part under heaven, shineth to the other part under heaven, so 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 much, 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 as it was in the days of Noah, so will 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 when 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;
In like manner, as it was 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 when 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.
Thus will 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, let not him who is upon the house-top, and whose furniture is in the house, come down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise 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 shall seek to save his life will lose it; and whoever shall lose it 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, In that night there will be two men on one bed; one will be taken, and the other will be 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 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."
And they answering say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there also will the eagles be gathered together.
