Luke

The Gospel according to Saint Luke, chapter 17, New English Translation and King James Version

Chapter 17 New English Translation

Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service

   1 Jesus said to his disciples, "Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. 3 Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. 4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, 'I repent, ' you must forgive him."
   5 The apostles said to the LORD, "Increase our faith!" 6 So the LORD replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree, 'Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea, ' and it would obey you.
   7 "Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, 'Come at once and sit down for a meal'? 8 Won't the master instead say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink'? 9 He won't thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he? 10 So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, 'We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.'"

The Grateful Leper

   11 Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance, 13 raised their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." 14 When he saw them he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went along, they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. 16 He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (Now he was a Samaritan. ) 17 Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?" 19 Then he said to the man, "Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well."

The Coming of the Kingdom

   20 Now at one point the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed, 21 nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst."

The Coming of the Son of Man

   22 Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 Then people will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Look, here he is!' Do not go out or chase after them. 24 For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage - right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; 29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot's wife! 33 Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left."
   37 Then the disciples said to him, "Where, LORD?" He replied to them, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather."

King James Version

   1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
   2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
   3 ¶ Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
   4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
   5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
   6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
   7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
   8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
   9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
   10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
   11 ¶ And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
   12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
   13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
   14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
   15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
   16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
   17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
   18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
   19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
   20 ¶ And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
   21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
   22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
   23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
   24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
   25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
   26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
   27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
   28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
   29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
   30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
   31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
   32 Remember Lot's wife.
   33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
   34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
   35 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.
   37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.