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 Jesus said to the disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks 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 if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than for him 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 yoʋr brother sins against yoʋ, rebuke him. 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 yoʋ seven times in a day, and seven times in that day he comes back and says, ‘I repent,’ yoʋ 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.
The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted 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,'
“Suppose one of you has a servant plowing the field or tending the sheep. As soon as he comes in from the field would you say, ‘Come and recline at the 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'?
Instead, would yoʋ not say to him, ‘Prepare my supper. Put on yoʋr apron and serve me while I eat and drink; after that yoʋ may eat and drink’?
9 Does he thank the servant for obeying his orders?
Do yoʋ thank that servant because he did what he was commanded? I think 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 you also, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what we were obligated to do.’”
11 As they pursued their journey to Jerusalem, He passed through Samaria and Galilee.
Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border of 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 a village, he was met by ten lepers who stood at a distance.
13 In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."
They lifted up their voices, saying, “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 he saw them, he said to them, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” As they went along, 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 had been healed, he came back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
16 and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.
He then fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. (Now he was a Samaritan.)
17 "Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?
In response Jesus said, “Were not ten cleansed? Where then are the other nine?
18 Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
Were there none found who came back to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
19 And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."
Then he said to the man, “Rise and go on yoʋr way; yoʋr faith has healed yoʋ.”
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.
At one point Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered them, “The kingdom of God does 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, ‘Behold, here it is!’ or, ‘Behold, there it is!’ 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.
Then he said to the disciples, “The days will come 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 say to you, ‘Behold, here he is!’ or, ‘Behold, there he is!’ Do not go off with them or run 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 lightning flashes from one part of the sky and shines to the other, 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 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 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, until the day when Noah went 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;
It will be the same as it was 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 when Lot went out from 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.
So will it be on 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.
On that day, he who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not come down to get them. Likewise, he who is in the field must 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 seeks 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 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 grain together; one will be taken and the other will be left.”
37 "Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."
Then the disciples said to him in response, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will be gathered together.”
