LUK 17

Some Sayings of Jesus: Causes of Sin

Matt. 18:6-7; 21-22; Mk. 9:42

1 Jesus told His disciples, "It is inevitable that temptations and occasions to sin will come into the world. But woe and judgment await the person who becomes the instrument through which they come!

2 It would be far better for that person to have a heavy millstone fastened around his neck and be hurled into the sea than to cause even one of these little believers to stumble and fall into sin.

3 Pay careful attention to your own conduct! If your brother commits a sin, confront him directly about it. If he repents and turns from it, forgive him.

4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a single day and returns to you seven times saying, 'I repent,' you must grant him forgiveness."

Augmenting Faith

5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Grant us greater faith! Increase our capacity to believe and trust!"

6 The Lord replied, "If you possessed faith even as tiny as a mustard seed—the smallest of all seeds—you could command this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and transplanted into the sea,' and it would obey you."

Unmeritorious Servants

7 Jesus continued His teaching: "Suppose one of you has a servant who has been plowing the field or shepherding the sheep. When he returns from the field, would you immediately say to him, 'Come at once and recline at the table to eat'?

8 Would you not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, dress yourself properly, and serve me while I eat and drink. Afterwards you may eat and drink your own meal'?

9 Does the master thank the servant simply for doing what was commanded of him? Certainly not.

10 In the same way, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, you should say, 'We are unworthy servants who deserve no special recognition. We have merely done our duty and what was expected of us.'"

The Healing of the Ten Lepers

11 While Jesus was travelling towards Jerusalem, He passed through the border region between Samaria and Galilee.

12 As He was entering a certain village, ten men afflicted with leprosy approached Him. Because of their ceremonial uncleanness, they stood at a distance as required by law.

13 They raised their voices and called out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us and heal us!"

14 When Jesus saw them, He said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests for examination and certification of your healing." As they were going on their way in obedience, they were miraculously cleansed.

15 One of them, when he realised that he had been healed, turned back to Jesus, glorifying God with a loud voice.

16 He threw himself down at Jesus' feet in gratitude and worship, thanking Him profusely. And this man was a Samaritan—a despised foreigner.

17 Jesus responded by asking, "Were not all ten cleansed from their leprosy? Where are the other nine?

18 Has no one returned to give glory and praise to God except this foreigner?"

19 Then Jesus said to him, "Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has made you completely well."

The Coming of God's Kingdom

Matt. 24:23-28; 37-41

20 When the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with careful observation of signs or with visible display.

21 People will not be able to say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!' For the kingdom of God is already in your midst through My presence."

22 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man—to experience My presence again—but you will not see it.

23 People will say to you, 'Look, there He is!' or 'Here He is!' Do not go running after them or follow them.

24 For when the Son of Man comes in His day, He will be like lightning that flashes and illuminates the sky from one end to the other—unmistakable and visible to all.

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

26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

27 People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, right up until the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all without warning.

28 It was exactly the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building—carrying on with normal life.

29 But on the day Lot departed from Sodom, fire and burning sulphur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 It will be precisely like this on the day when the Son of Man is revealed to the world.

31 On that day, no one who is on the housetop should go down into the house to retrieve their belongings. Likewise, no one in the field should turn back towards home.

32 Remember what happened to Lot's wife when she looked back longingly."

33 Whoever attempts to preserve and save his life will lose it, but whoever is willing to lose his life will preserve it for eternity.

34 I tell you, on that night two people will be lying in one bed together. One will be taken and the other will be left.

35 Two women will be grinding grain together at the mill. One will be taken and the other left."*

37 The disciples asked Him, "Where will this happen, Lord?" Jesus replied, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will naturally gather."

Notes

35 A textual variant appears in some ancient manuscripts, inserting a verse 36. Its content— "Two [men] will be in the field. The one will be taken and the other will be left” —serves to harmonise the narrative with its parallel in the Gospel of Matthew 24:40

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