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Luke 17

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1 Jesus said to his disciples, "Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to anyone by whom they come!

2 It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

3 Be on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive.

4 And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, "I repent,' you must forgive."

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

6 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 "Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, "Come here at once and take your place at the table'?

8 Would you not rather say to him, "Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink'?

9 Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded?

10 So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, "We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!' "

11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee.

12 As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance,

13 they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

14 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean.

15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.

16 He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.

17 Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they?

18 Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

19 Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well."

20 Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed;

21 nor will they say, "Look, here it is!' or "There it is!' For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you."

22 Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

23 They will say to you, "Look there!' or "Look here!' Do not go, do not set off in pursuit.

24 For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

25 But first he must endure much suffering and be rejected by this generation.

26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

27 They were eating and drinking, and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them.

28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,

29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all of them

30 —it will be like that on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

31 On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away; and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back.

32 Remember Lot's wife.

33 Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it.

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

35 There will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken and the other left."

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37 Then they asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather."

The Message Bible MSG

1 He said to his disciples, "Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on!

2 Better to wear a millstone necklace and take a swim in the deep blue sea than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time!

3 "Be alert. If you see your friend going wrong, correct him. If he responds, forgive him.

4 Even if it's personal against you and repeated seven times through the day, and seven times he says, 'I'm sorry, I won't do it again,' forgive him."

5 The apostles came up and said to the Master, "Give us more faith."

6 But the Master said, "You don't need more faith. There is no 'more' or 'less' in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, 'Go jump in the lake,' and it would do it.

7 "Suppose one of you has a servant who comes in from plowing the field or tending the sheep. Would you take his coat, set the table, and say, 'Sit down and eat'?

8 Wouldn't you be more likely to say, 'Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee; then go to the kitchen and have your supper'?

9 Does the servant get special thanks for doing what's expected of him?

10 It's the same with you. When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, 'The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'"

11 It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee.

12 As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance

13 but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

14 Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests."

15 One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God.

16 He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough - and he was a Samaritan.

17 Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine?

18 Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?"

19 Then he said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you."

20 Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar.

21 Nor when someone says, 'Look here!' or, 'There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you."

22 He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing.

23 And they'll say to you, 'Look over there!' or, 'Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense.

24 The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes.

25 But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today.

26 "The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah -

27 everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away.

28 "It was the same in the time of Lot - the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual

29 right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp.

30 That's how it will be - sudden, total - when the Son of Man is revealed.

31 "When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat.

32 Remember what happened to Lot's wife!

33 If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms.

34 "On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing - one taken, the other left.

35 Two women will be working in the same kitchen - one taken, the other left."

37 Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body."