Luke, 17

1. He said to his disciples, 'Causes of falling are sure to come, but alas for the one through whom they occur!

1. And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come!

2. It would be better for such a person to be thrown into the sea with a millstone round the neck than to be the downfall of a single one of these little ones.

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

3. Keep watch on yourselves! 'If your brother does something wrong, rebuke him and, if he is sorry, forgive him.

3. Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;

4. And if he wrongs you seven times a day and seven times comes back to you and says, "I am sorry," you must forgive him.'

4. and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, `I repent,' you must forgive him."

5. The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith.'

5. The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

6. The Lord replied, 'If you had faith like a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea," and it would obey you.

6. And the Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, `Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

7. 'Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, "Come and have your meal at once"?

7. "Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, `Come at once and sit down at table'?

8. Would he not be more likely to say, "Get my supper ready; fasten your belt and wait on me while I eat and drink. You yourself can eat and drink afterwards"?

8. Will he not rather say to him, `Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'?

9. Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told?

9. Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?

10. So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, "We are useless servants: we have done no more than our duty." '

10. So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, `We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

11. Now it happened that on the way to Jerusalem he was travelling in the borderlands of Samaria and Galilee.

11. On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Sama'ria and Galilee.

12. As he entered one of the villages, ten men suffering from a virulent skin-disease came to meet him. They stood some way off

12. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance

13. and called to him, 'Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.'

13. and lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

14. When he saw them he said, 'Go and show yourselves to the priests.' Now as they were going away they were cleansed.

14. When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed.

15. Finding himself cured, one of them turned back praising God at the top of his voice

15. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;

16. and threw himself prostrate at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

16. and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.

17. This led Jesus to say, 'Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they?

17. Then said Jesus, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

18. It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.'

18. Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

19. And he said to the man, 'Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.'

19. And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

20. Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, he gave them this answer, 'The coming of the kingdom of God does not admit of observation

20. Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;

21. and there will be no one to say, "Look, it is here! Look, it is there!" For look, the kingdom of God is among you.'

21. nor will they say, `Lo, here it is!' or `There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."

22. He said to the disciples, 'A time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man and will not see it.

22. And 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. They will say to you, "Look, it is there!" or, "Look, it is here!" Make no move; do not set off in pursuit;

23. And they will say to you, `Lo, there!' or `Lo, here!' Do not go, do not follow them.

24. for as the lightning flashing from one part of heaven lights up the other, so will be the Son of man when his Day comes.

24. For as 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 is destined to suffer grievously and be rejected by this generation.

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

26. 'As it was in Noah's day, so will it also be in the days of the Son of man.

26. As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man.

27. People were eating and drinking, marrying wives and husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.

27. They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

28. It will be the same as it was in Lot's day: people were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,

28. Likewise as it was in the days of Lot -- they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built,

29. but the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and it destroyed them all.

29. but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all --

30. It will be the same when the day comes for the Son of man to be revealed.

30. so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.

31. 'When that Day comes, no one on the housetop, with his possessions in the house, must come down to collect them, nor must anyone in the fields turn back.

31. On that day, let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.

32. Remember Lot's wife.

32. Remember Lot's wife.

33. Anyone who tries to preserve his life will lose it; and anyone who loses it will keep it safe.

33. Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

34. I tell you, on that night, when two are in one bed, one will be taken, the other left;

34. I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

35. when two women are grinding corn together, one will be taken, the other left.'

35. There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other left."

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37. The disciples spoke up and asked, 'Where, Lord?' He said, 'Where the body is, there too will the vultures gather.'

37. And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."