The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Luke 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 certainvillage,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, exceptthis 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 ofthe
days ofthe Sonof Man, and you willnot 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 Itell you, inthatnightthere willbe 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.”
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37 They, answering, asked him, “Where,
Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is,
there the vultures will also be gathered
together.”