Luke 17

1 et ad discipulos suos ait inpossibile est ut non veniant scandala vae autem illi per quem veniunt

2 utilius est illi si lapis molaris inponatur circa collum eius et proiciatur in mare quam ut scandalizet unum de pusillis istis

3 adtendite vobis si peccaverit frater tuus increpa illum et si paenitentiam egerit dimitte illi

4 et si septies in die peccaverit in te et septies in die conversus fuerit ad te dicens paenitet me dimitte illi

5 et dixerunt apostoli Domino adauge nobis fidem

6 dixit autem Dominus si haberetis fidem sicut granum sinapis diceretis huic arbori moro eradicare et transplantare in mare et oboediret vobis

7 quis autem vestrum habens servum arantem aut pascentem qui regresso de agro dicet illi statim transi recumbe

8 et non dicet ei para quod cenem et praecinge te et ministra mihi donec manducem et bibam et post haec tu manducabis et bibes

9 numquid gratiam habet servo illi quia fecit quae sibi imperaverat non puto

10 sic et vos cum feceritis omnia quae praecepta sunt vobis dicite servi inutiles sumus quod debuimus facere fecimus

11 et factum est dum iret in Hierusalem transiebat per mediam Samariam et Galilaeam

12 et cum ingrederetur quoddam castellum occurrerunt ei decem viri leprosi qui steterunt a longe

13 et levaverunt vocem dicentes Iesu praeceptor miserere nostri

14 quos ut vidit dixit ite ostendite vos sacerdotibus et factum est dum irent mundati sunt

15 unus autem ex illis ut vidit quia mundatus est regressus est cum magna voce magnificans Deum

16 et cecidit in faciem ante pedes eius gratias agens et hic erat Samaritanus

17 respondens autem Iesus dixit nonne decem mundati sunt et novem ubi sunt

18 non est inventus qui rediret et daret gloriam Deo nisi hic alienigena

19 et ait illi surge vade quia fides tua te salvum fecit

20 interrogatus autem a Pharisaeis quando venit regnum Dei respondit eis et dixit non venit regnum Dei cum observatione

21 neque dicent ecce hic aut ecce illic ecce enim regnum Dei intra vos est

22 et ait ad discipulos venient dies quando desideretis videre unum diem Filii hominis et non videbitis

23 et dicent vobis ecce hic ecce illic nolite ire neque sectemini

24 nam sicut fulgur coruscans de sub caelo in ea quae sub caelo sunt fulget ita erit Filius hominis in die sua

25 primum autem oportet illum multa pati et reprobari a generatione hac

26 et sicut factum est in diebus Noe ita erit et in diebus Filii hominis

27 edebant et bibebant uxores ducebant et dabantur ad nuptias usque in diem qua intravit Noe in arcam et venit diluvium et perdidit omnes

28 similiter sicut factum est in diebus Loth edebant et bibebant emebant et vendebant plantabant aedificabant

29 qua die autem exiit Loth a Sodomis pluit ignem et sulphur de caelo et omnes perdidit

30 secundum haec erit qua die Filius hominis revelabitur

31 in illa hora qui fuerit in tecto et vasa eius in domo ne descendat tollere illa et qui in agro similiter non redeat retro

32 memores estote uxoris Loth

33 quicumque quaesierit animam suam salvare perdet illam et qui perdiderit illam vivificabit eam

34 dico vobis illa nocte erunt duo in lecto uno unus adsumetur et alter relinquetur

35 duae erunt molentes in unum una adsumetur et altera relinquetur duo in agro unus adsumetur et alter relinquetur

36 respondentes dicunt illi ubi Domine

37 qui dixit eis ubicumque fuerit corpus illuc congregabuntur aquilae

Luke 17 Commentary

Chapter 17

To avoid offences, To pray for increase of faith, Humility taught.11-19. Ten lepers cleansed. (1-10) Christ's kingdom. (20-37)

Verses 1-10 It is no abatement of their guilt by whom an offence comes, nor will it lessen their punishment that offences will come. Faith in God's pardoning mercy, will enable us to get over the greatest difficulties in the way of forgiving our brethren. As with God nothing is impossible, so all things are possible to him that can believe. Our Lord showed his disciples their need of deep humility. The Lord has such a property in every creature, as no man can have in another; he cannot be in debt to them for their services, nor do they deserve any return from him.

Verses 11-19 A sense of our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to refer ourselves to the compassions of Christ, for they fail not. We may look for God to meet us with mercy, when we are found in the way of obedience. Only one of those who were healed returned to give thanks. It becomes us, like him, to be very humble in thanksgivings, as well as in prayers. Christ noticed the one who thus distinguished himself, he was a Samaritan. The others only got the outward cure, he alone got the spiritual blessing.

Verses 20-37 The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divine grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly, and in what state the judgments of God, which they had been warned of, found them. Here is shown what a dreadful surprise this destruction will be to the secure and sensual. Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. When Christ came to destroy the Jewish nation by the Roman armies, that nation was found in such a state of false security as is here spoken of. In like manner, when Jesus Christ shall come to judge the world, sinners will be found altogether regardless; for in like manner the sinners of every age go on securely in their evil ways, and remember not their latter end. But wherever the wicked are, who are marked for eternal ruin, they shall be found by the judgments of God.