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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!
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Jesus said to his disciples, "Things that cause people to trip and fall into sin must happen, but how terrible it is for the person through whom they happen.
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.
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It would be better for them to be thrown into a lake with a large stone hung around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to trip and fall into sin.
3 So watch yourselves! “If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive.
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Watch yourselves! If your brother or sister sins, warn them to stop. If they change their hearts and lives, forgive them.
4 Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive.”
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Even if someone sins against you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times and says, ‘I am changing my ways,' you must forgive that person."
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us how to increase our faith.”
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The apostles said to the Lord, "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 thrown into the sea,’ and it would obey you!
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The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and 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’?
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"Would any of you say to your servant, who had just come in from the field after plowing or tending sheep, ‘Come! Sit down for dinner'?
8 No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’
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Wouldn't you say instead, ‘Fix my dinner. Put on the clothes of a table servant and wait on me while I eat and drink. After that, you can eat and drink'?
9 And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not.
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You won't thank the servant because the servant did what you asked, will you?
10 In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’”
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In the same way, when you have done everything required of you, you should say, ‘We servants deserve no special praise. We have only done our duty.'"
11 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria.
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On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
12 As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance,
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As he entered a village, ten men with skin diseases approached him. Keeping their distance from him,
13 crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
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they raised their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, show us mercy!"
14 He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy.
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When Jesus saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." As they left, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!”
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One of them, when he saw that he had been healed, returned and praised God with a loud voice.
16 He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.
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He fell on his face at Jesus' feet and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine?
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Jesus replied, "Weren't ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
18 Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
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No one returned to praise God except this foreigner?"
19 And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you. ”
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Then Jesus said to him, "Get 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.
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Pharisees asked Jesus when God's kingdom was coming. He replied, "God's kingdom isn't coming with signs that are easily noticed.
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. ”
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Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is!' or ‘There it is!' Don't you see? God's kingdom 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.
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Then Jesus said to the disciples, “The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Human One, and 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.
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People will say to you, ‘Look there!' or ‘Look here!' Don't leave or go chasing after 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.
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The Human One will appear on his day in the same way that a flash of lightning lights up the sky from one end to the other.
25 But first the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected by this generation.
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However, first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26 “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.
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"As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be during the days of the Human One.
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.
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People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark 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—
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Likewise in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building.
29 until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and 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.
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That's the way it will be on the day the Human One 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.
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On that day, those on the roof, whose possessions are in the house, shouldn't come down to grab them. Likewise, those in the field shouldn't turn back.
32 Remember what happened to Lot’s wife!
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Remember 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.
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Whoever tries to preserve their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life will preserve it.
34 That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
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I tell you, on that night two people will be in the same bed: one will be taken and the other left.
35 Two women will be grinding flour together at the mill; one will be taken, the other left. ”
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Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left."
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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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The disciples asked, "Where, Lord?" Jesus said, "The vultures gather wherever there's a dead body."
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