Luke 17:5-15

5 ¹The apostles said to ²the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

6 And ³the Lord said, "If you had faith like ⁴a mustard seed, you would say to this ⁵mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea '; and it would obey you.

7 "Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down to eat'?

8 "But will he not say to him, '⁶Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward * you may eat and drink '?

9 "He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he?

10 "So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.' "

Ten Lepers Cleansed

11 While He was ⁷on the way to Jerusalem, ⁸He was passing between * Samaria and Galilee.

12 As He entered a village, ten leprous men who ⁹stood at a distance met Him;

13 and they raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, ¹⁰Master, have mercy on us!"

14 When He saw them, He said to them, "¹¹Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they were going, they were cleansed.

15 Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, ¹²glorifying God with a loud voice,

Cross References

• 1. Mark 6:30
• 2. Luke 7:13
• 3. Luke 7:13
• 4. Matthew 13:31; Matthew 17:20; Mark 4:31; Luke 13:19
• 5. Luke 19:4
• 6. Luke 12:37
• 7. Luke 9:51
• 8. Luke 9:52f; John 4:3
• 9. Leviticus 13:45
• 10. Luke 5:5
• 11. Leviticus 14:1-32; Matthew 8:4; Luke 5:14
• 12. Matthew 9:8

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "have"
• [b] Lit "have obeyed"
• [c] Lit "recline"
• [d] Lit "gird"
• [e] Lit "after these things"
• [f] Lit "will"
• [g] Lit "through the middle of;" or "along the borders of"