Luke 17

Call to Forgiveness Luke 17:3–4

³Verse 3. Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. ⁴Verse 4. If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

Faith and Servanthood Luke 17:5–10

⁵Verse 5. The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” ⁶Verse 6. The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. ⁷Verse 7. But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’ ⁸Verse 8. and will not rather tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink’? ⁹Verse 9. Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.

¹⁰Verse 10. Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’”

Healing of the Ten Lepers Luke 17:11–19

¹¹Verse 11. As he was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee. ¹²Verse 12. As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance. ¹³Verse 13. They lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” ¹⁴Verse 14. When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went, they were cleansed. ¹⁵Verse 15. One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice. ¹⁶Verse 16. He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.

¹⁷Verse 17. Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? ¹⁸Verse 18. Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?” ¹⁹Verse 19. Then he said to him, “Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”

The Kingdom of God Luke 17:20–21

²⁰Verse 20. Being asked by the Pharisees when God’s Kingdom would come, he answered them, “God’s Kingdom doesn’t come with observation; ²¹Verse 21. neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.”

Teachings on the Son of Man Luke 17:22–37

²²Verse 22. He said to the disciples, “The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ²³Verse 23. They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away, nor follow after them, ²⁴Verse 24. for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day. ²⁵Verse 25. But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. ²⁶Verse 26. As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

²⁷Verse 27. They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸Verse 28. Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; ²⁹Verse 29. but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all. ³⁰Verse 30. It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed. ³¹Verse 31. In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

³²Verse 32. Remember Lot’s wife! ³³Verse 33. Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it. ³⁴Verse 34. I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left. ³⁵Verse 35. There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left.” ³⁶Verse 36. ³⁷Verse 37. They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together.”