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 there should be temptations but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!
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 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 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,
Be on your guard! If your brother or sister does wrong, rebuke them; but if they repent, forgive them.
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 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 to the LORD, “Add to us faith”;
“Give us more faith,” said the apostles to the Master;
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.
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 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, 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 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 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 Does he have favor to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.
Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is 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.”
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 it came to pass, in His going on to Jerusalem, that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee,
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed between Samaria and Galilee.
12 and He entering into a certain village, there ten leprous men met Him, who stood far off,
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
13 and they lifted up the voice, saying, “Jesus, Master, deal kindly with us”;
Standing still, some distance off, they called out loudly, “Jesus! Sir! Pity 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 and show yourselves to the priest.” And, as they were on their way, they were made clean.
15 and one of them having seen that he was healed turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly,
16 and he fell on [his] face at His feet, giving thanks to Him, 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 answering said, “Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine—where?
“Were not all the ten made clean? exclaimed Jesus. But the nine – where are they?
18 There were none found who turned back to give glory to God, except this foreigner”;
Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner?
19 and He said to him, “Having risen, be going on, your faith has saved you.”
Get up,” he said to him, “and go on your way. Your faith has delivered you.”
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;
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 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 the kingdom of God is within you!
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];
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, here; or, Behold, there; you may not go away, nor follow;
People will say to you ‘There he is!’ Or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go and follow 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 lightning will lighten and flare from one side of the heavens to the other, so will it be with the Son of Man.
25 and first it is necessary for Him to suffer many things, and to 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 came to pass in the days of Noah, so will it also be 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, 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;
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 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;
So, too, in the days of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, 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 very day on which Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the skies and destroyed them all.
30 According to these things it will be, in the day 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, 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, 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 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 is eager to get the most out of their life will lose it; but whoever will lose it 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;
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 at the same place together: one will be taken, and the other will be left;
of two women 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 will it be, Master?” asked the disciples. “Where there is a body,” said Jesus, “there will the vultures flock.”
