Luke 17-18 (Darby Translation)

Luke 17

 ¹And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that offences come, but woe [to him] by whom they come!

 ²It would be [more] profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones.

 ³Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother should sin, rebuke him; and if he should repent, forgive him.

 ⁴And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

 ⁵And the apostles said to the Lord, Give more faith to us.

 ⁶But the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed], ye had said to this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

 ⁷But which of you [is there] who, having a bondman ploughing or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say, Come and lie down immediately to table?

 ⁸But will he not say to him, Prepare what I shall sup on, and gird thyself and serve me that I may eat and drink; and after that *thou* shalt eat and drink?

 ⁹Is he thankful to the bondman because he has done what was ordered? I judge not.

 ¹⁰Thus *ye* also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.

 ¹¹And it came to pass as he was going up to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

 ¹²And as he entered into a certain village ten leprous men met him, who stood afar off.

 ¹³And they lifted up [their] voice saying, Jesus, Master, have compassion on us.

 ¹⁴And seeing [them] he said to them, Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they were going they were cleansed.

 ¹⁵And one of them, seeing that he was cured, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,

 ¹⁶and fell on [his] face at his feet giving him thanks: and *he* was a Samaritan.

 ¹⁷And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but the nine, where [are they]?

 ¹⁸There have not been found to return and give glory to God save this stranger.

 ¹⁹And he said to him, Rise up and go thy way: thy faith has made thee well.

 ²⁰And having been asked by the Pharisees, When is the kingdom of God coming? he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

 ²¹nor shall they say, Lo here, or, Lo there; for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.

 ²²And he said to the disciples, Days are coming, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see [it].

 ²³And they will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not, nor follow [them].

 ²⁴For as the lightning shines which lightens from [one end] under heaven to [the other end] under heaven, thus shall the Son of man be in his day.

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

 ²⁶And as it took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall it be in the days of the Son of man:

 ²⁷they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all [of them];

 ²⁸and in like manner as took place in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

 ²⁹but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all [of them]:

 ³⁰after this [manner] shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

 ³¹In that day, he who shall be on the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not go down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

 ³²Remember the wife of Lot.

 ³³Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it.

 ³⁴I say to you, In that night there shall be two [men] upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.

 ³⁵Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.

 ³⁶[Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be seized and the other let go.]

 ³⁷And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered together.

Luke 18

 ¹And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,

 ²saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God and not respecting man:

 ³and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.

 ⁴And he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear not God and respect not man,

 ⁵at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.

 ⁶And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.

 ⁷And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?

 ⁸I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?

 ⁹And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men], this parable:

 ¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer.

 ¹¹The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.

 ¹²I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.

 ¹³And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner.

 ¹⁴I say unto you, This [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

 ¹⁵And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw [it] rebuked them.

 ¹⁶But Jesus calling them to [him] said, Suffer little children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.

 ¹⁷Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

 ¹⁸And a certain ruler asked him saying, Good teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life?

 ¹⁹But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God.

 ²⁰Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

 ²¹And he said, All these things have I kept from my youth.

 ²²And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.

 ²³But when he heard this he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.

 ²⁴But when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, he said, How difficultly shall those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God;

 ²⁵for it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

 ²⁶And those who heard it said, And who can be saved?

 ²⁷But he said, The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

 ²⁸And Peter said, Behold, *we* have left all things and have followed thee.

 ²⁹And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

 ³⁰who shall not receive manifold more at this time, and in the coming age life eternal.

 ³¹And he took the twelve to [him] and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written of the Son of man by the prophets shall be accomplished;

 ³²for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon.

 ³³And when they have scourged [him] they will kill him; and on the third day he will rise again.

 ³⁴And they understood nothing of these things. And this word was hidden from them, and they did not know what was said.

 ³⁵And it came to pass when he came into the neighbourhood of Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging.

 ³⁶And when he heard the crowd passing, he inquired what this might be.

 ³⁷And they told him that Jesus the Nazaraean was passing by.

 ³⁸And he called out saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

 ³⁹And those [who were] going before rebuked him that he might be silent; but *he* cried out so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

 ⁴⁰And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be led to him. And when he drew nigh he asked him [saying],

 ⁴¹What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said, Lord, that I may see.

 ⁴²And Jesus said to him, See: thy faith has healed thee.

 ⁴³And immediately he saw, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people when they saw [it] gave praise to God.