Luke 17 — FBV
17Verse 1Jesus said to his disciples, “Temptations are unavoidable, but it will be a disaster for those through whom they come!Verse 2For such people it would be better to have a millstone hung around the neck and be thrown into the sea than to cause these little ones to sin.Verse 3So take care what you do. If your brother sins, warn him; and if he repents, forgive him.Verse 4Even if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times comes back and tells you, ‘I'm really sorry,’ forgive him.”Verse 5The apostles said to the Lord, “Help us to have more trust!”Verse 6The Lord replied, “Even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Uproot yourself, and plant yourself in the sea,’ and it would obey you.Verse 7Say you have a servant who does plowing or shepherding. When he comes in from work, do you say to him, ‘Come in and sit down now for a meal’?Verse 8No. You say to him, ‘Prepare a meal for me, get yourself dressed, and serve me until I've finished my meal. After that you can have your meal.’Verse 9And do you thank the servant for doing what you told him? No.Verse 10Likewise once you've done everything you were told, you should simply say, ‘We are undeserving servants. We just did our duty.’”Verse 11As Jesus continued on his way to Jerusalem, he passed along the border between Samaria and Galilee.Verse 12As he entered a particular village, ten lepers met him, standing at a distance.Verse 13They called out, “Jesus, Master, please have mercy on us.”Verse 14When Jesus saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”+On their way there, they were healed.Verse 15One of them when he saw that he was healed, returned to Jesus, shouting praises to God.Verse 16He fell down at Jesus' feet, thanking him. He was a Samaritan.Verse 17“Weren't ten lepers healed?” Jesus asked. “Where are the other nine?Verse 18Didn't anyone else come back to praise God—only this foreigner?”Verse 19Jesus told the man, “Get up and go on your way. Your trust has healed you.”Verse 20Once, when the Pharisees came and asked him when God's kingdom would come, Jesus replied, “God's kingdom doesn't come with visible signs that you can observe.Verse 21People won't be saying, ‘Look, it's here’ or ‘Look, it's there,’ for God's kingdom is among you.”+Verse 22Then Jesus told the disciples, “The time is coming when you'll long to see the day+when the Son of man comes, but you won't see it.Verse 23They'll be telling you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is,’ but don't go running off after them.Verse 24The day when the Son of man comes will be just like lightning that flashes, lighting up the sky from one side to the other.Verse 25But first he will have to suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.Verse 26The time when the Son of man comes will be like it was in Noah's day.Verse 27People went on eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.Verse 28It will be like it was in Lot's day. People went on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.Verse 29But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.Verse 30The day when the Son of man appears will be just like that.Verse 31If you're up on the roof that day don't go down and get your things; and if you're out in the fields don't go back home either.Verse 32Remember Lot's wife!Verse 33If you try to hold on to your life you'll lose it; but if you lose your life you'll save it.Verse 34I tell you, at that time two will be in bed at night; one will be taken and the other left.Verse 35Two women will be grinding grain, one will be taken; and the other left.”Verse 36+Verse 37“Where, Lord?” they asked. “Where the carcass is, that's where the vultures gather,” Jesus replied.