Luk 17 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now He said to His disciples , “ It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come , but woe to one through whom they come !

Luke 17

Instructions

1 Now He said to His disciples, “ ^aIt is inevitable that ^{▼▼Or temptations to sin}stumbling blocks come, but woe to one through whom they come! 2 ^cIt is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he ^{▼▼Lit has been thrown (intensive)}is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to ^{▼▼Or stumble}sin. 3 ^{▼▼Lit Take heed for yourselves}Be on your guard! ^gIf your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you ^hseven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

5 ⁱThe apostles said to ^jthe Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 But ^kthe Lord said, “If you ^{▼▼Lit have}had faith ^{▼▼Lit like}the size of ⁿa mustard seed, you could say to this ^omulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would ^{▼▼Lit have obeyed}obey you.

7 “Now which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him after he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and recline at the table to eat’? 8 On the contrary, will he not say to him, ‘ ^qPrepare something for me to eat, and properly ^{▼▼Lit belt up}clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and ^{▼▼Lit after these things}afterward you ^{▼▼Lit will}may eat and drink’? 9 He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he? 10 So you too, when you do all the things which were commanded you, say, ‘We are ^{▼▼I.e., possibly unworthy of praise}unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”

Ten Men with Leprosy Healed

11 While He was ^von the way to Jerusalem, ^wHe was passing ^{▼▼Lit through the middle of}between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as He entered a village, ten men with leprosy who ^ystood at a distance met Him; 13 and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, ^zMaster, have mercy on us!” 14 When He saw them, He said to them, “ ^aaGo and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed. 15 Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, ^abglorifying God with a loud voice, 16 and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a ^acSamaritan. 17 But Jesus responded and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine --where are they? 18 ^{▼▼Lit Were they not found who}Was no one found who returned to ^aegive glory to God, except this foreigner?” 19 And He said to him, “Stand up and go; ^afyour faith has ^{▼▼Or saved you}made you well.”

Second Coming Foretold

20 Now He was questioned by the Pharisees ^ahas to when the kingdom of God was coming, and He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with ^{▼▼Lit observation
,} ^ajsigns that can be observed; 21 nor will ^akthey say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is ^{▼▼Or among you}in your midst.”

22 And He said to the disciples, “ ^amThe days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 ^anAnd they will say to you, ‘Look there,’ or, ‘Look here!’ Do not leave, and do not run after them. 24 ^aoFor just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part ^{▼▼Lit under heaven; i.e., the lowest heaven, the sky}of the sky, shines to the other part ^{▼▼Lit under heaven; i.e., the lowest heaven, the sky}of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day. 25 ^arBut first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 ^asAnd just as it happened ^atin the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of Man: 27 people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 ^{▼▼Lit In the same way as}It was the same as happened in ^avthe days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, and they were building; 29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and ^{▼▼I.e., burning sulfur}brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be ^{▼▼Lit according to the same things}just the same on the day that the Son of Man ^ayis revealed. 31 On that day, the one who will be ^azon the ^{▼▼Housetops were flat living areas}housetop, ^{▼▼Lit and his}with his goods in the house, must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back. 32 ^bcRemember Lot’s wife. 33 ^bdWhoever strives to ^{▼▼Or secure}save his ^{▼▼Or soul}life will lose it, and whoever loses his 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 will be left. 35 ^bgThere will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left. 36 [ ^{▼▼Early mss do not contain this v
,} ^biTwo men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.”] 37 And responding, they *said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “ ^bjWhere the body is, there also the ^{▼▼Or eagles}vultures will be gathered.”