Luke 17
1 Then said he to his disciples, It can not be auoided, but that offences will come, but wo be to him by whome 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 is better for him that a great milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were cast into ye sea, then that he should offende one of these litle ones.
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 heede to your selues: if thy brother trespasse against thee, rebuke him: and if hee repent, forgiue him.
Be on your guard! If your brother or sister does wrong, rebuke them; but if they repent, forgive them.
4 And though he sinne against thee seuen times in a day, and seuen times in a day turne againe to thee, saying, It repenteth mee, thou shalt forgiue 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 saide vnto the Lord, Increase our faith.
‘Give us more faith,’ said the apostles to the Master;
6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith, as much as is a graine of mustard seede, and should say vnto this mulberie tree, Plucke thy selfe vp by the rootes, and plant thy selfe in the sea, it should euen 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 Who is it also of you, that hauing a seruant plowing or feeding cattell, woulde say vnto him by and by, when hee were come from the fielde, Goe, and sit downe 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 And woulde not rather say to him, Dresse wherewith I may suppe, and girde thy selfe, and serue mee, till I haue eaten and drunken, and afterward eate thou, and drinke thou?
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 Doeth he thanke that seruant, because hee did that which was commanded vnto him? I trowe not.
Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is told?
10 So likewise yee, when yee haue done all those things, which are commanded you, say, We are vnprofitable seruants: wee haue done that which was our duetie to doe.
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 so it was when he went to Hierusalem, that he passed through the middes of Samaria, and Galile.
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed between Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as hee entred into a certaine towne, there met him tenne men that were lepers, which stoode a farre off.
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
13 And they lift vp their voyces and saide, Iesus, Master, haue mercie on vs.
Standing still, some distance off, they called out loudly, ‘Jesus! Sir! Pity us!’
14 And when he saw them, he said vnto them, Goe, shewe your selues vnto the Priestes. And it came to passe, that as they went, they were clensed.
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 Then one of them, when hee sawe that hee, was healed, turned backe, and with a loude voyce praised God,
One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly,
16 And fell downe on his face at his feete, and gaue him thankes: 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 Iesus answered, and said, Are there not tenne clensed? but where are the nine?
‘Were not all the ten made clean? exclaimed Jesus. But the nine – where are they?
18 There is none founde that returned to giue God praise, saue this stranger.
Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner?
19 And he saide vnto him, Arise, goe thy way, thy faith hath saued thee.
Get up,’ he said to him, ‘and go on your way. Your faith has delivered you.’
20 And when hee was demaunded of the Pharises, when the kingdome of God shoulde come, he answered them, and said, The kingdome of God commeth not with obseruation.
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 men say, Loe here, or lo there: for behold, the kingdome 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 saide vnto the disciples, The dayes will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Sonne of man, and ye 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 Then they shall say to you, Behold here, or beholde there: but goe not thither, neither follow them.
People will say to you “There he is!” Or “Here he is!” Do not go and follow them.
24 For as the lightening that lighteneth out of the one part vnder heauen, shineth vnto the other part vnder heauen, so shall the Sonne 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 first must he suffer many things, and be reprooued of 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 dayes of Noe, so shall it be in the dayes of the Sonne 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 ate, they dranke, they married wiues, and gaue in marriage vnto the day that Noe went into the Arke: 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 Likewise also, as it was in the dayes of Lot: they ate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they built.
So, too, in the days of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;
29 But in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heauen, 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 After these ensamples shall it be in the day when the Sonne of man is reueiled.
It will be the same on the day on which the Son of Man reveals himself.
31 At that day hee that is vpon the house, and his stuffe in ye house, let him not come downe to take it out: and he that is in the fielde likewise, let him not turne backe to that he left behinde.
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 Lots wife.
Remember Lot’s wife.
33 Whosoeuer will seeke to saue his soule, shall loose it: and whosoeuer shall loose it, shall get it life.
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, in that night there shall be two in one bed: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe 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 shalbe grinding together: the one shalbe taken, and the other shalbe left.
of two women grinding grain together, one will be taken and the other left.’
36 Two shalbe in the fielde: one shalbe receiued, and another shalbe left.
37 And they answered, and saide to him, Where, Lord? And he said vnto them, Wheresoeuer the body is, thither shall also the eagles bee gathered together.
‘Where will it be, Master?’ asked the disciples. ‘Where there is a body,’ said Jesus, ‘there will the vultures flock.’
