Luke 17
1 Jesus said to his disciples, “Temptations are unavoidable, but it will be a disaster for those through 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 For such people it would be better to have a millstone hung around the neck and be thrown into the sea than to cause these little ones to sin.
It would be better for them if they had been flung into the sea with a millstone around their neck, rather than that they should cause even one of these little ones to stumble.
3 So take care what you do. If your brother sins, warn him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Be on your guard! If your brother or sister does wrong, rebuke them; but if they repent, forgive them.
4 Even if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times comes back and tells you, ‘I'm really sorry,’ 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 The apostles said to the Lord, “Help us to have more trust!”
“Give us more faith,” said the apostles to the Master;
6 The Lord replied, “Even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Uproot yourself, and plant yourself 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 Say you have a servant who does plowing or shepherding. When he comes in from work, do you say to him, ‘Come in and sit down now for a meal’?
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 No. You say to him, ‘Prepare a meal for me, get yourself dressed, and serve me until I've finished my meal. After that you can have your meal.’
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 And do you thank the servant for doing what you told him? No.
Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is told?
10 Likewise once you've done everything you were told, you should simply say, ‘We are undeserving servants. We just did our duty.’”
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 As Jesus continued on his way to Jerusalem, he passed along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed between Samaria and Galilee.
12 As he entered a particular village, ten lepers met him, standing at a distance.
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
13 They called out, “Jesus, Master, please have mercy on us.”
Standing still, some distance off, they called out loudly, “Jesus! Sir! Pity us!”
14 When Jesus saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” On their way there, they were healed.
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 One of them when he saw that he was healed, returned to Jesus, shouting praises to God.
One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly,
16 He fell down at Jesus' feet, thanking him. 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 “Weren't ten lepers healed?” Jesus asked. “Where are the other nine?
“Were not all the ten made clean? exclaimed Jesus. But the nine – where are they?
18 Didn't anyone else come back to praise God—only this foreigner?”
Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner?
19 Jesus told the man, “Get up and go on your way. Your trust has healed you.”
Get up,” he said to him, “and go on your way. Your faith has delivered you.”
20 Once, when the Pharisees came and asked him when God's kingdom would come, Jesus replied, “God's kingdom doesn't come with visible signs that you can observe.
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 People won't be saying, ‘Look, it's here’ or ‘Look, it's there,’ for God's kingdom is among you.”
nor will people say ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’; for the kingdom of God is within you!
22 Then Jesus told the disciples, “The time is coming when you'll long to see the day when the Son of man comes, but you won't 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 They'll be telling you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is,’ but don't go running off after them.
People will say to you ‘There he is!’ Or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go and follow them.
24 The day when the Son of man comes will be just like lightning that flashes, lighting up the sky from one side to the other.
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 first he will have to suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.
But first he must undergo much suffering, and he must be rejected by the present generation.
26 The time when the Son of man comes will be like it was in Noah's day.
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be again in the days of the Son of Man.
27 People went on eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah went into the ark. Then 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 It will be like it was in Lot's day. People went on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
So, too, in the days of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;
29 But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
but, on the very day on which Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the skies and destroyed them all.
30 The day when the Son of man appears will be just like that.
It will be the same on the day on which the Son of Man reveals himself.
31 If you're up on the roof that day don't go down and get your things; and if you're out in the fields don't go back home either.
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!
Remember Lot’s wife.
33 If you try to hold on to your life you'll lose it; but if you lose your life you'll save it.
Whoever is eager to get the most out of their life will lose it; but whoever will lose it will preserve it.
34 I tell you, at that time two will be in bed at night; one will 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 will be grinding grain, one will be taken; and the other left.”
of two women grinding grain together, one will be taken and the other left.”
37 “Where, Lord?” they asked. “Where the carcass is, that's where the vultures gather,” Jesus replied.
“Where will it be, Master?” asked the disciples. “Where there is a body,” said Jesus, “there will the vultures flock.”
