Luke 17
1 Jesus said to his disciples, “It is inevitable that things causing people to stumble will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
2 It would be better for him if a millstone were tied around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
3 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
6 The Lord said, “If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
7 Which of you, with a servant plowing or tending the flock, would say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
8 Wouldn’t he instead say to him, ‘Prepare my supper, tie on your apron, and serve me while I eat and drink; after that, you can eat and drink’?
9 Does he thank the servant because he did what he was ordered to do?
10 So you too, when you have done everything you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’”
11 On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
12 As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy met him and stood at a distance.
13 They raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 When he saw them, he said, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, seeing that he had been healed, turned back, praising God in a loud voice.
16 He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet, thanking him; and he was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus asked, “Weren’t ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
18 Was no one found returning to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
19 And he said to him, “Get up and go; your faith has saved you.”
20 When the Pharisees asked him when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered them, “The Kingdom of God does not come in a way that can be observed.
21 Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There!’ For the Kingdom of God is among you.”
22 Then he said to the disciples, “Days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
23 They will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or run after them.
24 For just as lightning flashes and shines from one end of the sky to the other, so the Son of Man will be on his day.
25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26 Just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.
27 They were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark; then the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise, as it happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building.
29 But on the day Lot left 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, whoever is on the roof with his belongings inside the house must not go down to get them; likewise, whoever is in the field must not turn back.
32 Remember Lot’s wife.
33 Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, and whoever loses it will keep it alive.
34 I tell you, that night two will be in one bed; one will be taken, and the other left.
35 Two women will be grinding together; one will be taken, and the other left.”
37 They asked him, “Where, Lord?” He answered, “Where the body is, there the vultures will gather too.”
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