New Testament · Gospels and Acts

Luke chapter 17

Jesus said to his , “It’s unavoidable that things will come along that , but it’s going to be terrible for whoever causes it.”It would be better for them to have a massive hung around their neck and be thrown into the sea than to trip up one of these .Watch yourselves. If your brother or sister , call them out on it, and if they , forgive them.Even if they wrong you in a single day, and seven times come back to you saying, ‘I’m changing direction,’ forgive them.”The said to the Lord, “Give us more !”The Lord replied, “If you had trust even the size of a , you could say to this , ‘Uproot yourself and plant yourself in the sea,’ and it would do it.”“Suppose one of you has a out plowing or watching the flock. When that servant comes in from the field, would you say, ‘Come right in and sit down for dinner’?Wouldn’t you instead say, ‘Get my dinner ready, change clothes, and serve me while I eat and drink. After that, you can eat and drink’?Does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do?It’s the same with you. When you’ve done everything you were told to do, say, ‘We’re . We only did what we were supposed to.’”As Jesus was heading toward Jerusalem, he traveled along the border between and .As he was going into a village, ten men with a met him. They and called out loudly, “Jesus, , !”When he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the .” And as they were on their way, they were .One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, at the top of his lungs.He at Jesus’ feet, thanking him — and he was a .Jesus responded, “Weren’t all ten healed? Where are the other nine?Was no one found to come back and give praise to God except this ?”Then he said to him, “Get up and go. Your has .”When some of the asked Jesus when would come, he answered, “God’s kingdom doesn’t come in a way you can .People won’t say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘It’s over there!’ because God’s kingdom is already .”Then he said to his students, “The time will come when you’ll long to see even one of the days of the , and you won’t see it.People will tell you, ‘Look, there he is!’ or ‘Here he is!’ Don’t go chasing after them.Because when the Son of Man comes, it will be like lightning that flashes and lights up the entire sky from one horizon to the other.But first he has to go through a lot of suffering and be by .“And just as it was in the time of , so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.People were eating, drinking, getting married, and being given in marriage right up until the day Noah entered — and then the flood came and destroyed them all.“It will be the same as it was in the time of . People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building.But on the day Lot left , rained down from the sky and destroyed them all.That’s exactly how it will be on the day the Son of Man is .“On that day, if someone is , don’t go back inside to grab your stuff. And if someone is in the field, don’t turn back for anything.Remember .Whoever tries to hold on to their will lose it, and whoever lets go of their life will it.“I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed — one will be and the other left.Two women will be together — one will be taken and the other left.”Two men will be in the field — one will be taken and the other left.“Where, Lord?” they asked him. He replied, “Where the is, that’s where the will gather.”