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UST LUKE Chapter 17

17 Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that tempt people to sin will certainly happen. But how terrible it will be for anyone who causes those things to happen! 2 It would be better for that person if someone fastened a huge stone around his neck and threw him into the sea than if he were to cause someone to sin whose faith was weak. 3 Be careful how you act. If another believer sins, you should rebuke him. If he says that he is sorry for having sinned and asks you to forgive him, then you should forgive him. 4 Even if he sins against you seven times in one day, if he comes to you each time and says, ‘I am sorry for what I did,’ you must continue forgiving him.”

5 Then the Representatives said to Jesus, “Give us more faith!” 6 Jesus replied, “Even if you had faith that was no bigger than this tiny mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pull yourself out of the ground, roots and all, and plant yourself in the sea,’ and it would obey you!”

7 Jesus also said, “Suppose that one of you had a servant who was plowing your fields or taking care of your sheep. After he came into the house from the field, you would not say, ‘Come immediately and sit down to eat!’ 8 Instead, you would say to him, ‘Prepare a meal for me! Then put on your serving clothes and serve it to me so that I can eat and drink! Afterwards you can eat and drink.’ 9 You would not thank your servant just for doing the work that he had been told to do! 10 Similarly, when you have done everything that God has told you to do, you should say, ‘We are only God’s servants. We do not deserve to have you thank us. We have only done the things that he told us to do.’ ”

11 As Jesus and his disciples were walking along the road to Jerusalem, they were going through the area between the regions of Samaria and Galilee. 12 As Jesus entered a village, ten lepers came toward him, but they stood at some distance away. 13 They called out, “Jesus, Master, please have pity on us!” 14 When Jesus saw them, he said to them, “Go and have the priests examine you.” So they went, and on the way, their leprosy disappeared. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he no longer had leprosy, went back, praising God loudly. 16 He came to Jesus and he lay down on the ground with his face at Jesus’ feet, and he thanked him. This man was a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus said, “I healed ten lepers! I would have expected the other nine to come back as well! 18 This foreign man was the only one who returned to thank God. None of the others came back!” 19 Then he said to the man, “Get up and go on your way. God has healed you because you trusted in me.”

20 One day some Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will God begin to rule everyone?” He replied, “That will not happen with signs that people can recognize if they watch for them. 21 People will not be able to say, ‘Look! God is ruling here!’ or ‘God is ruling there!’ Contrary to what you think, God has already begun to rule within you.”

22 Jesus said to his disciples, “There will be a time when you will want to see me, the Son of Man, ruling powerfully. But you will not see that. 23 People will say to you, ‘Look, the Messiah is over there!’ or they will say, ‘Look, he is here!’ When they say that, do not follow them. 24 For when the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, everyone can see it. Similarly, when I, the Son of Man, come back again, everyone will see me. 25 But before that happens, I must suffer in many ways, and people will reject me. 26 But when I, the Son of Man, come again, people will be doing things just like people were doing at the time when Noah lived. 27 At that time people ate and drank as usual, and they got married as usual, up until the day when Noah and his family entered the big boat. But then the flood came and destroyed all those who were not in the boat. 28 Similarly, when Lot lived in the city of Sodom, people there ate and drank as usual. They bought things and they sold things. They planted crops and they built houses as usual. 29 But on the day that Lot left Sodom, fire and burning sulfur came down from the sky and destroyed all those who had stayed in the city. 30 Similarly, when I, the Son of Man, return to earth, people will be unprepared. 31 On that day, those who are outside their houses, with all the things that they own inside the houses, must not take the time to go inside and get them. Similarly, those who are out working in a field must not come back home to get anything. They must flee quickly. 32 Remember what happened to Lot’s wife! 33 Anyone who continues in his own way of living will die. But anyone who leaves his old way of living for my sake will live forever. 34 I tell you this: On the night when I return, there will be two people sleeping in one bed. God will take the one who believes in me and leave the other one behind. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together. God will take one of them and leave the other one behind.” 36 [fn] [“There will be two in the field; one will be taken and the other left.”] 37 His disciples said to him, “Lord, where will this happen?” He replied to them, “Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather to eat it.”

Some ancient manuscripts include verse 36.

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