Luke 17

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

Then he said to his disciples: It is impossible that causes of offense should not come; but alas for him by whom they come!

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

It would be better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

3 'Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sin against you, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

4 and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

And if he sin against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you and say, I repent, you shall forgive him.

5 And the apostles said to the Lord, 'Add to us faith;'

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

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

And the Lord said: If you had faith like a grain of mustard, you might say to this sycamine-tree, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it should obey you.

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

Which of you that has a servant plowing, or feeding a flock, will say to him immediately, when he comes in from the field, Go and recline at table?

8 but will not [rather] say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

But will he not say to him, Make ready my supper, and gird yourself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunk; and afterward, you shall eat and drink?

9 Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

Does he thank that servant, because he did what was commanded? I think not.

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

So also you, when you shall have done all things that you arc commanded to do, say, We are unprofitable servants; for we have done what was our duty to do.

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

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

12 and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off,

And as he entered a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood at a distance.

13 and they lifted up the voice, saying, 'Jesus, master, deal kindly with us;'

And they lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14 and having seen [them], he said to them, 'Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,

And when he saw them, he said to them: Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were made clean.

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

But, one of them, seeing that he was restored to health, turned back, and, with a loud voice, glorified God.

16 and he fell upon [his] face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan.

And he fell on his face at his feet, and gave him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.

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

And Jesus answered and said: Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

18 There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;'

Were there none found to return and give glory to God, but this one of another race?

19 and he said to him, 'Having risen, be going on, thy faith hath saved thee.'

And he said to him: Arise, and go; your faith has saved you.

20 And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, 'The reign of God doth not come with observation;

And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said: The kingdom of God comes not so as to attract attention;

21 nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'

nor shall it be said, Lo here! or Lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is among you.

22 And he said unto his disciples, 'Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold [it];

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

23 and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;

And they shall say to you, Lo here! or Lo there! go not after them, nor follow them.

24 for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one [part] under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven, shines to another part under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

25 and first it behoveth 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 shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;

And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

27 they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, till the day in which Noah entered the ark, and 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;

In like manner also, as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

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

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

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

Even thus shall it be in the day in which the Son of man is revealed.

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

In that day, let not him that is on the house-top, and whose goods are in the house, come down to take them away. Likewise, he that is in the field, let him not turn back.

32 remember the wife of Lot.

Remember Lot’s wife.

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

Whoever will seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life, shall save it.

34 'I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

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

35 two women shall be grinding at the same place together, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

36 two men shall be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left.'

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

37 And they answering say to him, 'Where, sir?' and he said to them, 'Where the body [is], there will the eagles be gathered together.'

And they answered and said to him. Where, Lord? And he said to them: Where the body is, there will the vultures be gathered.