Chapter 17
1 He said to the disciples , " It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come , but woe to him through whom they come !
2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck , and he were thrown into the sea , rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble .
3 Be careful . If your brother sins against you , rebuke him . If he repents , forgive him .
4 If he sins against you seven times in the day , and seven times returns , saying , ‘ I repent ,’ you shall forgive him ."
5 The apostles said to the Lord , " Increase our faith ."
6 The Lord said , " If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed , you would tell this sycamore tree , ‘ Be uprooted and be planted in the sea ,’ and it would obey you .
7 But who is there among you , having a servant plowing or keeping sheep , that will say when he comes in from the field, ‘ Come immediately and sit down at the table’?
8 Wouldn’t he rather tell him , ‘ Prepare my supper , clothe yourself properly, and serve me while I eat and drink . Afterward you shall eat and drink ’?
9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded ? I think not .
10 Even so you also , when you have done all the things that are commanded you , say , ‘ We are unworthy servants . We have done our duty.’"
11 As he was on his way to Jerusalem , he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee .
12 As he entered into a certain village , ten men who were lepers met him , who stood at a distance .
13 They lifted up their voices , saying , " Jesus , Master , have mercy on us !"
14 When he saw them , he said to them , " Go and show yourselves to the priests ." As they went , they were cleansed .
15 One of them , when he saw that he was healed , turned back , glorifying God with a loud voice .
16 He fell on his face at Jesus ’ feet , giving him thanks ; and he was a Samaritan .
17 Jesus answered , "Weren’ t the ten cleansed ? But where are the nine ?
18 Were there none found who returned to give glory to God , except this foreigner?"
19 Then he said to him , " Get up , and go your way . Your faith has healed you ."
20 Being asked by the Pharisees when God ’s Kingdom would come , he answered them , " God ’s Kingdom doesn’ t come with observation ;
21 neither will they say , ‘ Look , here !’ or , ‘ Look , there !’ for behold , God ’s Kingdom is within you ."
22 He said to the disciples , " The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man , and you will not see it .
23 They will tell you , ‘ Look , here !’ or ‘ Look , there !’ Don’t go away or follow after them ,
24 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of one part under the sky , shines to another part under the sky , 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 As it was in the days of Noah , even so it will also be in the days of the Son of Man .
27 They ate , they drank , they married , and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all .
28 Likewise , even as it was in the days of Lot : they ate , they drank , they bought, they sold , they planted , they built ;
29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom , it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all .
30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
31 In that day , he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house , let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back .
32 Remember Lot ’s wife !
33 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it , but whoever loses his life preserves it .
34 I tell you , in that night there will be two people in one bed . One will be taken and the other will be left.
35 There will be two grinding grain together . One will be taken and the other will be left."
36 They , answering, asked him , " Where , Lord ?" He said to them , " Where the body is , there the vultures will also be gathered together ."