Luke 17:1-37 NLT

Luke 17:1-37 NLT [1] One day Jesus said to his disciples, "There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting! [2] It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into sin. [3] So watch yourselves! "If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive. [4] Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive." [5] The apostles said to the Lord, "Show us how to increase our faith." [6] The Lord answered, "If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you! [7] "When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, 'Come in and eat with me'? [8] No, he says, 'Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.' [9] And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not. [10] In the same way, when you obey me you should say, 'We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.'" [11] As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. [12] As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, [13] crying out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" [14] He looked at them and said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy. [15] One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, "Praise God!" [16] He fell to the ground at Jesus' feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan. [17] Jesus asked, "Didn't I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? [18] Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?" [19] And Jesus said to the man, "Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you." [20] One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, "When will the Kingdom of God come?" Jesus replied, "The Kingdom of God can't be detected by visible signs. [21] You won't be able to say, 'Here it is!' or 'It's over there!' For the Kingdom of God is already among you." [22] Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns, but you won't see it. [23] People will tell you, 'Look, there is the Son of Man,' or 'Here he is,' but don't go out and follow them. [24] For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so it will be on the day when the Son of Man comes. [25] But first the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected by this generation. [26] "When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day. [27] In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came and destroyed them all. [28] "And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business-eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building- [29] until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. [30] Yes, it will be 'business as usual' right up to the day when the Son of Man is revealed. [31] On that day a person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return home. [32] Remember what happened to Lot's wife! [33] If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it. [34] That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. [35] Two women will be grinding flour together at the mill; one will be taken, the other left." [37] "Where will this happen, Lord?" the disciples asked. Jesus replied, "Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near."

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