Luke 17

1Then he said to his disciples, “It is impossible for stumbling blocks not to come, but woe to the one through whom they come.”

2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

3Pay attention to yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

4And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.

5And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

6And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”

7But which of you, having a servant plowing or shepherding, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at the table’?

8On the contrary, will he not say to him, ‘Prepare my supper, and gird yourself and serve me until I have eaten and drunk, and after that you will eat and drink’?”

9Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?

10So also you, when you have done all that was commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have done what we were obligated to do.’

11And it happened that, as he was going to Jerusalem, he was passing through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

12And as he was entering a certain village, ten leprous men met him, who stood at a distance,

13And they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

14And when he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed.

15But one of them, seeing that he had been healed, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice,

16And he fell on his face at his feet, thanking him. And he was a Samaritan.

17Then Jesus answered, “Were not the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?”

18Were none found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner?

19And he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has saved you.”

20When he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observable signs,”

21Nor will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘There!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

22Then he said to the disciples, “Days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.”

23And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go away or run after them.

24For just as lightning, flashing from one part under heaven to the other part under heaven, shines, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

26And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man.

27They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

28Likewise, just as it happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building.

29but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

30It will be the same on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

31On that day, whoever is on the housetop, with his belongings in the house, must not go down to take them away; and likewise, the one in the field must not turn back to the things behind.

32Remember Lot's wife.

33Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will preserve it alive.

34I tell you, on that night there will be two on one bed; one will be taken, and the other will be left.

35There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken, but the other will be left.

36Two men will be in the field; one will be taken, and the other will be left.

37And answering, they say to him, “Where, Lord?” And he said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”