Luke 17 ~ Luke 17

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1 A nd said to His disciples, Temptations (snares, traps set to entice to sin) are sure to come, but woe to him by or through whom they come!

And he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but wo through whom they come;

2 I t would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea than that he should cause to sin or be a snare to one of these little ones '> lowly in rank or influence].

it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

3 P ay attention and always be on your guard. If your brother sins (misses the mark), solemnly tell him so and reprove him, and if he repents (feels sorry for having sinned), forgive him.

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

4 A nd even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and turns to you seven times and says, I repent, you must forgive him (give up resentment and consider the offense as recalled and annulled).

and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

5 T he apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith (that trust and confidence that spring from our belief in God).

And the apostles said to the Lord, `Add to us faith;'

6 A nd the Lord answered, If you had faith (trust and confidence in God) even like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots, and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you.

and the Lord said, `If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

7 W ill any man of you who has a servant plowing or tending sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, Come at once and take your place at the table?

`But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?

8 W ill he not instead tell him, Get my supper ready and gird yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; then afterward you yourself shall eat and drink?

but will not say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

9 I s he grateful and does he praise the servant because he did what he was ordered to do?

Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

10 E ven so on your part, when you have done everything that was assigned and commanded you, say, We are unworthy servants; we have done what was our duty to do.

`So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

11 A s He went on His way to Jerusalem, it occurred that was passing between Samaria and Galilee.

And it came to pass, in his going on to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee,

12 A nd as He was going into one village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance.

and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off,

13 A nd they raised up their voices and called, Jesus, Master, take pity and have mercy on us!

and they lifted up the voice, saying, `Jesus, master, deal kindly with us;'

14 A nd when He saw them, He said to them, Go and show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cured and made clean.

and having seen, he said to them, `Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,

15 T hen one of them, upon seeing that he was cured, turned back, recognizing and thanking and praising God with a loud voice;

and one of them having seen that he was healed did turn back, with a loud voice glorifying God,

16 A nd he fell prostrate at Jesus’ feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.

and he fell upon face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan.

17 T hen Jesus asked, Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

And Jesus answering said, `Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine -- where?

18 W as there no one found to return and to recognize and give thanks and praise to God except this alien?

There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;'

19 A nd He said to him, Get up and go on your way. Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief in God) has restored you to health.

and he said to him, `Having risen, be going on, thy faith hath saved thee.'

20 A sked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display,

And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, `The reign of God doth not come with observation;

21 N or will people say, Look! Here! or, See, there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you and among you.

nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'

22 A nd He said to the disciples, The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see.

And he said unto his disciples, `Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold;

23 A nd they will say to you, Look! there! or, Look! here! But do not go out or follow.

and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;

24 F or like the lightning, that flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will the Son of Man be in His day.

for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

25 B ut first He must suffer many things and be disapproved and repudiated and rejected by this age and generation.

and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.

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

`And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;

27 a te, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

28 S o also as it was in the days of Lot. ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

29 B ut on the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed all.

and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.

30 T hat is the way it will be on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

`According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;

31 O n that day let him who is on the housetop, with his belongings in the house, not come down to carry them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.

in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

32 R emember Lot’s wife!

remember the wife of Lot.

33 W hoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve and quicken it.

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

34 I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.

`I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

35 T here will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other will be left.

two women shall be grinding at the same place together, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

36 T wo men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.

two men shall be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left.'

37 T hen they asked Him, Where, Lord? He said to them, Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures or eagles be gathered together.

And they answering say to him, `Where, sir?' and he said to them, `Where the body, there will the eagles be gathered together.'