Luke 17

1 And He said to the disciples, “It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe [to him] through whom they come;

Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

2 it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put around his neck, and he has been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

3 Take heed to yourselves, and if your brother may sin in regard to you, rebuke him, and if he may change his mind, forgive him,

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

4 and if seven times in the day he may sin against you, and seven times in the day may return to you, saying, I change my mind, you will forgive him.”

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

5 And the apostles said to the LORD, “Add to us faith”;

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

6 and the LORD said, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard, you would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

7 But who is he of you—having a servant plowing or feeding—who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come, recline at once?

Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

8 But will not [rather] say to him, Prepare what I may dine, and having girded yourself around, minister to me, until I eat and drink, and after these things you will eat and drink?

Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?

9 Does he have favor to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?

10 So also you, when you may have done all the things directed you, say, We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do we have done.”

So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

11 And it came to pass, in His going on to Jerusalem, that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee,

While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.

12 and He entering into a certain village, there ten leprous men met Him, who stood far off,

As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance

13 and they lifted up the voice, saying, “Jesus, Master, deal kindly with us”;

and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

14 and having seen [them], He said to them, “Having gone on, show yourselves to the priests”; and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,

When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.

15 and one of them having seen that he was healed turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,

When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.

16 and he fell on [his] face at His feet, giving thanks to Him, and he was a Samaritan.

He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering said, “Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine—where?

“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?

18 There were none found who turned back to give glory to God, except this foreigner”;

Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”

19 and He said to him, “Having risen, be going on, your faith has saved you.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well!”

20 And having been questioned by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God comes, He answered them and said, “The Kingdom of God does not come with observation;

When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.

21 nor will they say, Behold, here; or, Behold, there; for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.”

Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

22 And He said to His disciples, “Days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man and you will not behold [it];

Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming 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, Behold, here; or, Behold, there; you may not go away, nor follow;

People will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.

24 for as the lightning is flashing out of one [part] under the sky [and] shines to the other [part] under the sky, so will the Son of Man also be in His day;

For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.

25 and first it is necessary for Him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.

But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of Man;

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:

27 they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the Ark, and the flood came, and destroyed all;

People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

28 in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

29 and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from the sky, and destroyed all.

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 According to these things it will be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;

It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

31 in that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his vessels in the house, do not let him come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, do not let him turn backward;

On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

32 remember the wife of Lot.

Remember Lot’s wife!

33 Whoever may seek to save his life, will lose it; and whoever may lose it, will preserve it.

Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

34 I say to you, in that night there will be two [men] on one bed: one will be taken, and the other will be left;

I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.

35 two [women] will be grinding at the same place together: one will be taken, and the other will be left;

Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.”

36 [[two [men] will be in the field: one will be taken, and the other left.”]]

37 And they answering say to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “Where the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered together.”

“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”