Luke 17:1-21 ▼

1 Jesus told his disciples, |It is inevitable that temptations to sin will come, but how terrible it will be for the person 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 than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

3 |Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times and says, 'I repent,' you must forgive him.|

5 Then the apostles told the Lord, |Give us more faith!|

6 The Lord replied, |If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you!

7 |Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and have something to eat'?

8 Of course not. Instead, he would say to him, 'Get dinner ready for me, and put on your apron and wait on me until I eat and drink. Then you can eat and drink.'

9 He doesn't praise the servant for doing what was commanded, does he?

10 That's the way it is with you. When you have done everything you were ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless servants. We have done only what we ought to have done.'|

11 One day, Jesus was traveling along the border between Samaria and Galilee on the way to Jerusalem.

12 As he was going into a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance

13 and shouted, |Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!|

14 When Jesus saw them, he told them, |Go and show yourselves to the priests.| While they were going, they were made clean.

15 But one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, came back and praised God with a loud voice.

16 He fell on his face at Jesus' feet and thanked him. Now that man was a Samaritan.

17 Jesus asked, |Ten men were made clean, weren't they? Where are the other nine?

18 Except for this foreigner, were any of them found to return and give praise to God?|

19 Then he told the man, |Get up, and go home! Your faith has made you well.|

20 Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come. He answered them, |The kingdom of God is not coming with a visible display.

21 People won't be saying, 'Look! Here it is!' or 'There it is!' because now the kingdom of God is among you.|