Luke 17:11-21
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Jesus Cleanses Ten Men with a Skin Disease
11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus[a] was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee.(A) 12 As he entered a village, ten men with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their distance,(B) 13 they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean.(C) 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.(D) 16 He prostrated himself at Jesus’s[b] feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.(E) 17 Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? So where are the other nine? 18 Did none of them return to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.”(F)
The Coming of the Kingdom
20 Once Jesus[c] was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among[d] you.”(G)
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