Luke 17
1 Then said He to the disciples, It is impossible that offences should not come: but wo to him by whom they come.
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘It is inevitable that there should be temptations but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!
2 It were better for him that a milstone were hung about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to offend.
It would be better for them if they had been flung into the sea with a millstone round their neck, rather than that they should cause even one of these little ones to stumble.
3 Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Be on your guard! If your brother or sister does wrong, rebuke them; but if they repent, forgive them.
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times a day, and seven times in a day return to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Even if they wrong you seven times a day, but turns to you every time and says “I am sorry,” you must forgive them.’
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
‘Give us more faith,’ said the apostles to the Master;
6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith but as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would obey you.
but the Master said, ‘If your faith were only like a 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 having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will say to him, as soon as he comes in from the field, Come hither and sit down at table?
Which of you, if he had a servant ploughing, or tending the sheep, would say to him, when he came in from the fields, “Come at once and take your place at the table,”
8 But will he not rather say to him, Get ready my supper, and gird thyself, and wait upon me, till I have done, and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink.
Instead of saying “Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and serve me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you will eat and drink yourself”?
9 Is he obliged to that servant for doing what he was ordered?
Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is told?
10 I think not. So likewise ye, when ye have done all things that were commanded you, say we are unprofitable servants, for we have done only what we ought to do.
And so with you – when you have done all that you have been told, still say “We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.”’
11 And as He was going to Jerusalem, He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee;
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed between Samaria and Galilee.
12 and as He entered into a certain village, there met Him ten men that were lepers:
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
13 who stood at a distance, and lifted up their voice, saying, Jesus master, have pity on us.
Standing still, some distance off, they called out loudly, ‘Jesus! Sir! Pity us!’
14 And when He saw them, He said unto them, Go and shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they were going, they were cleansed.
When Jesus saw them, he said, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priest.’ And, as they were on their way, they were made clean.
15 And one of them, perceiving that he was healed, returned, with a loud voice glorifying God:
One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly,
16 and fell prostrate at his feet, giving Him thanks; and He was a Samaritan.
and threw himself on his face at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done; and this man was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answered and said, Were not all the ten cleansed? and where are the other nine?
‘Were not all the ten made clean? exclaimed Jesus. But the nine – where are they?
18 Are there none returning to give glory to God, but this stranger?
Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner?
19 And He said to him, Arise, go thy way; thy faith hath saved thee.
Get up,’ he said to him, ‘and go on your way. Your faith has delivered you.’
20 And being asked by the pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, He answered and said, the kingdom of God cometh not with observation.
Being once asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, Jesus answered, ‘The kingdom of God does not come in a way that can be seen,
21 Neither shall they say, Behold it is here, or behold it is there; for the kingdom of God is within you.
nor will people say “Look, here it is!” or “There it is!”; for the kingdom of God is within you!
22 And He said to the disciples, the time will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.
The day will come,’ he said to his disciples, ‘when you will long to see but one of the days of the Son of Man, and will not see it.
23 And they will say to you, Behold, He is here, or behold He is there: but go not after them, nor follow them.
People will say to you “There he is!” Or “Here he is!” Do not go and follow them.
24 For as the lightning which lightneth from the one part of heaven shineth to the other: so also shall the Son of man be in his day.
For, just as lightning will lighten and flare from one side of the heavens to the other, so will it be with the Son of Man.
25 But He must suffer many things first, and be rejected by this generation.
But first he must undergo much suffering, and he must be rejected by the present generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be again in the days of the Son of Man.
27 They were eating, drinking, marrying, and being married, till the day that Noah went into the ark: and the flood came and destroyed them all.
They were eating and drinking and marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark, and then the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 And as it was likewise in the days of Lot; they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building:
So, too, in the days of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;
29 but the very day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
but, on the very day on which Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from the skies and destroyed them all.
30 Thus shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.
It will be the same on the day on which the Son of Man reveals himself.
31 In that day, whoever shall be on the house-top, and his goods in the house, let him not come down into it to take them away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
On that day, if a person is on their house-top and their goods in the house, they must not go down to get them; nor again must one who is on the farm turn back.
32 Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it;
Remember Lot’s wife.
33 and whosoever will venture his life, shall preserve it.
Whoever is eager to get the most out of their life will lose it; but whoever will lose it will preserve it.
34 In that night there shall be two in one bed; the one shall be taken and the other left:
On that night, I tell you, of two people on the same bed, one will be taken and the other left;
35 two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken and the other left:
of two women grinding grain together, one will be taken and the other left.’
36 two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto Him, Where, Lord? And He said to them, where the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
‘Where will it be, Master?’ asked the disciples. ‘Where there is a body,’ said Jesus, ‘there will the vultures flock.’
