Luke 17

1 And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals should not come: but woe to him through whom they come.

Jesus said to his disciples. "It is not possible but that occasions of stumbling should occur, but woe to him through whom they come!

2 It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones.

"It were well for him if a millstone were tied about his neck, and he were hurled into the sea, rather than he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

3 Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him.

"Be on you guard! "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him.

4 And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day be converted unto thee, saying, I repent; forgive him.

"And if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times a day turns to you saying ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him."

5 And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

6 And the Lord said: If you had faith like to a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this mulberry tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou transplanted into the sea: and it would obey you.

"If your faith," answered Jesus, "were like a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this tree, ‘Tear yourself up and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

7 But which of you having a servant ploughing, or feeding cattle, will say to him, when he is come from the field: Immediately go, sit down to meat:

"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, ‘Come at once, sit down to dinner,’

8 And will not rather say to him: Make ready my supper, and gird thyself, and serve me, whilst I eat and drink, and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink?

"and will not rather tell him, ‘Get ready something for me to eat, and gird yourself to wait on me until I have eaten and drunken. Then you shall eat and drink.’

9 Doth he thank that servant, for doing the things which he commanded him?

"Does he think the slave because he did the things that were commanded?

10 I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.

"Even so, you also, after you have done all the things that are commanded you, should say, ‘We are but slaves, we have only done what it was our duty to do.’"

11 And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

Now it happened that as he went his way to Jerusalem, he passed between Samaria and Galilee.

12 And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off;

And as he was going certain village ten lepers met him.

13 And lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, master, have mercy on us.

They stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, take pity on us."

14 Whom when he saw, he said: Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean.

Perceiving this he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priest." And as they went they were made clean.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was made clean, went back, with a loud voice glorifying God.

Now one of them, as he saw that he was cured, came back, glorifying God in a loud voice,

16 And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks: and this was a Samaritan.

and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering, said, Were not ten made clean? and where are the nine?

"Were there not ten cleansed?" asked Jesus, "but where are the nine?

18 There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but this stranger.

"Are there none found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner?"

19 And he said to him: Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made thee whole.

And he said unto him, "Rise and go, your faith has healed you."

20 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come? he answered them, and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

The Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered. "The kingdom of God does not come so that you can catch sight of it,

21 Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you.

"nor will they say, ‘Look here it is!’ or ‘See there!’ - for the kingdom of God is now in your midst."

22 And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man; and you shall not see it.

Then he said turning to his disciples. "The days will come when you shall long to see one of the days of the Son of man, you shall not see it.

23 And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not after, nor follow them:

"And they shall say to you, ‘Lo there! Lo there!’ But do not go away or follow them.

24 For as the lightening that lighteneth from under heaven, shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

"For as the lightning when it lightens out of the one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

25 But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.

"But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected buy his generation.

26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

"And this was in the time of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of man.

27 They did eat and drink, they married wives, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark: and the flood came and destroyed them all.

"Men were eating and drinking; they were marrying and being married, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

28 Likewise as it came to pass, in the days of Lot: they did eat and drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built.

"The same was true in the time of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;

29 And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

"but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.

"In the same manner it shall be in the day that the Son of man shall be revealed.

31 In that hour, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be in the field, in like manner, let him not return back.

"On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside, let him not go down to take them away; nor should a man in the field turn back.

32 Remember Lot’s wife.

"Remember Lot’s wife!

33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it, shall preserve it.

"Whoever seeks to keep his life shall lose it; but whoever loses it shall preserve it.

34 I say to you: in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

"I tell you that in one night there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.

35 Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left: two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be keft.

"There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken and the other left."

36 They answering, say to him: Where, Lord?

(wanting in the most ancient manuscripts)

37 Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

"Where, Master?" they asked him. "Where the dead body is," he answered, "there will the vultures be gathered together."