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1 Jesus said to his followers, "Things that cause people to sin will happen, but how terrible for the person who causes them to happen!
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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 for you to be thrown into the sea with a large stone around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to sin.
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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 be careful! "If another follower sins, warn him, and if he is sorry and stops sinning, forgive him.
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So watch yourselves! “If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive.
4 If he sins against you seven times in one day and says that he is sorry each time, forgive him."
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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, "Give us more faith!"
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The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us how to increase our faith.”
6 The Lord said, "If your faith were the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Dig yourself up and plant yourself in the sea,' and it would obey you.
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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 thrown into the sea,’ and it would obey you!
7 "Suppose one of you has a servant who has been plowing the ground or caring for the sheep. When the servant comes in from working in the field, would you say, 'Come in and sit down to eat'?
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“When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’?
8 No, you would say to him, 'Prepare something for me to eat. Then get yourself ready and serve me. After I finish eating and drinking, you can eat.'
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No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’
9 The servant does not get any special thanks for doing what his master commanded.
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And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not.
10 It is the same with you. When you have done everything you are told to do, you should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done the work we should do.'"
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In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’”
11 While Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he was going through the area between Samaria and Galilee.
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As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria.
12 As he came into a small town, ten men who had a skin disease met him there. They did not come close to Jesus
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As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance,
13 but called to him, "Jesus! Master! Have mercy on us!"
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crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 When Jesus saw the men, he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." As the ten men were going, they were healed.
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He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy.
15 When one of them saw that he was healed, he went back to Jesus, praising God in a loud voice.
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One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!”
16 Then he bowed down at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (And this man was a Samaritan.)
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He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus said, "Weren't ten men healed? Where are the other nine?
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Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine?
18 Is this Samaritan the only one who came back to thank God?"
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Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
19 Then Jesus said to him, "Stand up and go on your way. You were healed because you believed."
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And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you. ”
20 Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, "When will the kingdom of God come?" Jesus answered, "God's kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you will be able to see with your eyes.
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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 People will not say, 'Look, here it is!' or, 'There it is!' because God's kingdom is withinn you."
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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 Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man. But you will not see it.
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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 say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or, 'Look, here he is!' Stay where you are; don't go away and search.
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People will tell you, ‘Look, there is the Son of Man,’ or ‘Here he is,’ but don’t go out and follow them.
24 "When the Son of Man comes again, he will shine like lightning, which flashes across the sky and lights it up from one side to the other.
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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 he must suffer many things and be rejected by the people of this time.
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But first the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected by this generation.
26 When the Son of Man comes again, it will be as it was when Noah lived.
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“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.
27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving their children to be married until the day Noah entered the boat. Then the flood came and killed them all.
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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 It will be the same as during the time of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building.
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“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 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from the sky and killed them all.
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until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 This is how it will be when the Son of Man comes again.
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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 who is on the roof and whose belongings are in the house should not go inside to get them. A person who is in the field should not go back home.
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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 Lot's wife.
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Remember what happened to Lot’s wife!
33 Those who try to keep their lives will lose them. But those who give up their lives will save them.
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If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.
34 I tell you, on that night two people will be sleeping in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
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That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
35 There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken, and the other will be left."
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Two women will be grinding flour together at the mill; one will be taken, the other left. ”
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37 The followers asked Jesus, "Where will this be, Lord?" Jesus answered, "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."
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“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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