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Gospel of Luke, Chapter 17

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Chapter 17 of LukeRevised Standard Version (RSV)



  1. ¶ And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin[a] are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come!
  2. It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.[b]
  3. Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;
  4. and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
  5. ¶ The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
  6. And the Lord said, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, ‘Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
  7. ¶ “Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down at table’?
  8. Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink’?
  9. Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?
  10. So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”
  11. ¶ On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samar′ia and Galilee.
  12. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance
  13. and lifted up their voices and said, “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 cleansed.
  15. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
  16. and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
  17. Then said Jesus, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
  18. Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
  19. And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”
  20. ¶ Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;
  21. nor will they say, ‘Lo, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”[c]
  22. ¶ And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
  23. And they will say to you, ‘Lo, there!’ or ‘Lo, here!’ Do not go, do not follow them.
  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.[d]
  25. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
  26. As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man.
  27. They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
  28. Likewise as it was in the days of Lot—they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built,
  29. but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—
  30. so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.
  31. On that day, let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.
  32. Remember Lot’s wife.
  33. Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
  34. I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
  35. There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other left.”
  36. [e]
  37. And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the eagles[f] will be gathered together.”


FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Greek stumbling blocks
  2. ^ Greek stumble
  3. ^ Or within you
  4. ^ Other ancient authorities omit in his day
  5. ^ Other ancient authorities add verse 36, “Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left”
  6. ^ Or vultures

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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