Luk 17:11-18:14 | ESV | STEP | On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee .

Luke 17:11-37

Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers

11 ^aOn the way to Jerusalem ^bhe was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} ^dwho stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” 14 When he saw them he said to them, “Go and ^eshow 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, ^fpraising God with a loud voice; 16 and ^ghe fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was ^ha Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not ⁱten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and ^jgive praise to God except this ^kforeigner?” 19 And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; ^lyour faith has ^mmade you well.” ^{▼▼Or has saved you}

The Coming of the Kingdom

20 Being asked by the Pharisees ^owhen the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God ^pis not coming in ways that can be observed, 21 nor ^qwill they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” ^{▼▼Or within you, or within your grasp}

22 And he said to the disciples, ^s“The days are coming when you will desire ^tto see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 ^uAnd they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. 24 ^vFor as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be ^win his day. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit in his day} 25 But first ^yhe must suffer many things and ^zbe rejected by this generation. 26 ^aaJust as it was in the days of ^abNoah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 ^acThey were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of ^adLot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 ^aebut on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— 30 so will it be ^afon the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, ^aglet the one who is on ^ahthe housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. 32 ^aiRemember Lot’s wife. 33 ^ajWhoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will ^akkeep it. 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. 35 ^alThere will be two women ^amgrinding together. One will be taken and the other left.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add verse 36: Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left} 37 And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, ^ao“Where the corpse ^{▼▼Greek body} is, there the vultures ^{▼▼Or eagles} will gather.”

Luke 18:1-14

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought ^aralways to pray and not ^aslose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who ^atneither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ^au‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And ^avwill not God give justice to ^awhis elect, ^axwho cry to him day and night? ^ay, ^azWill he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them ^baspeedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, ^bbwill he find faith on earth?”

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He also told this parable to some ^bcwho trusted ^bdin themselves that they were righteous, ^beand treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men ^bfwent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, ^bgstanding by himself, prayed ^{▼▼Or standing, prayed to himself} ^bithus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 ^bjI fast twice a week; ^bkI give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, ^blstanding far off, ^bmwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but ^bnbeat his breast, saying, ‘God, ^bobe merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For ^bpeveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”