Luke 17
New International Version
Sin, Faith, Duty
17 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble(A) are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.(B) 2 It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones(C) to stumble.(D) 3 So watch yourselves.
“If your brother or sister[a] sins against you, rebuke them;(E) and if they repent, forgive them.(F) 4 Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”(G)
5 The apostles(H) said to the Lord,(I) “Increase our faith!”
6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,(J) you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.(K)
7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? 8 Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me(L) while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? 9 Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”(M)
Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy
11 Now on his way to Jerusalem,(N) Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.(O) 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[b](P) met him. They stood at a distance(Q) 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master,(R) have pity on us!”
14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.”(S) And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God(T) in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.(U)
17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”(V)
The Coming of the Kingdom of God(W)
20 Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come,(X) Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, 21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’(Y) because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”[c]
22 Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man,(Z) but you will not see it.(AA) 23 People will tell you, ‘There he is!’ or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go running off after them.(AB) 24 For the Son of Man in his day[d] will be like the lightning,(AC) which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. 25 But first he must suffer many things(AD) and be rejected(AE) by this generation.(AF)
26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah,(AG) so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 “It was the same in the days of Lot.(AH) People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.(AI) 31 On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.(AJ) 32 Remember Lot’s wife!(AK) 33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.(AL) 34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”(AM) [36] [e]
37 “Where, Lord?” they asked.
He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”(AN)
Footnotes
- Luke 17:3 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman.
- Luke 17:12 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
- Luke 17:21 Or is within you
- Luke 17:24 Some manuscripts do not have in his day.
- Luke 17:36 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Matt. 24:40.
Lukas 17
Schlachter 2000
Anstöße zur Sünde. Vergebung. Die Kraft des Glaubens
17 Er sprach aber zu den Jüngern: Es ist unvermeidlich, dass Anstöße [zur Sünde] kommen; wehe aber dem, durch welchen sie kommen!
2 Es wäre für ihn besser, wenn ein großer Mühlstein um seinen Hals gelegt und er ins Meer geworfen würde, als dass er einem dieser Kleinen einen Anstoß [zur Sünde] gibt.
3 Habt acht auf euch selbst! Wenn aber dein Bruder gegen dich sündigt, so weise ihn zurecht; und wenn es ihn reut[a], so vergib ihm.
4 Und wenn er siebenmal am Tag gegen dich sündigte und siebenmal am Tag wieder zu dir käme und spräche: Es reut mich!, so sollst du ihm vergeben.
5 Und die Apostel sprachen zum Herrn: Mehre uns den Glauben!
6 Der Herr aber sprach: Wenn ihr Glauben hättet wie ein Senfkorn, so würdet ihr zu diesem Maulbeerbaum sagen: Entwurzle dich und verpflanze dich ins Meer!, und er würde euch gehorchen.
Von der Pflichterfüllung im Dienst
7 Wer aber von euch wird zu seinem Knecht, der pflügt oder weidet, wenn er vom Feld heimkommt, sogleich sagen: Komm her und setze dich zu Tisch?
8 Wird er nicht vielmehr zu ihm sagen: Bereite mir das Abendbrot, schürze dich und diene mir, bis ich gegessen und getrunken habe, und danach sollst du essen und trinken?
9 Dankt er wohl jenem Knecht, dass er getan hat, was ihm befohlen war? Ich meine nicht!
10 So sollt auch ihr, wenn ihr alles getan habt, was euch befohlen war, sprechen: Wir sind unnütze Knechte; wir haben getan, was wir zu tun schuldig waren!
Die Heilung der zehn Aussätzigen
11 Und es geschah, als er nach Jerusalem reiste, dass er durch das Grenzgebiet zwischen Samaria und Galiläa zog.
12 Und bei seiner Ankunft in einem Dorf begegneten ihm zehn aussätzige Männer, die von ferne stehen blieben.
13 Und sie erhoben ihre Stimme und sprachen: Jesus, Meister, erbarme dich über uns!
14 Und als er sie sah, sprach er zu ihnen: Geht hin und zeigt euch den Priestern! Und es geschah, während sie hingingen, wurden sie rein.
15 Einer aber von ihnen kehrte wieder um, als er sah, dass er geheilt worden war, und pries Gott mit lauter Stimme,
16 warf sich auf sein Angesicht zu [Jesu] Füßen und dankte ihm; und das war ein Samariter.
17 Da antwortete Jesus und sprach: Sind nicht zehn rein geworden? Wo sind aber die neun?
18 Hat sich sonst keiner gefunden, der umgekehrt wäre, um Gott die Ehre zu geben, als nur dieser Fremdling?
19 Und er sprach zu ihm: Steh auf und geh hin; dein Glaube hat dich gerettet!
Das Reich Gottes und die Wiederkunft des Menschensohnes
20 Als er aber von den Pharisäern gefragt wurde, wann das Reich Gottes komme, antwortete er ihnen und sprach: Das Reich Gottes kommt nicht so, dass man es beobachten könnte.
21 Man wird nicht sagen: Siehe hier!, oder: Siehe dort! Denn siehe, das Reich Gottes ist mitten unter euch.[b]
22 Er sprach aber zu den Jüngern: Es werden Tage kommen, da ihr begehren werdet, einen einzigen der Tage des Menschensohnes zu sehen, und ihr werdet ihn nicht sehen.
23 Und sie werden zu euch sagen: Siehe hier!, oder: Siehe dort! Geht nicht hin und lauft ihnen nicht nach!
24 Denn gleichwie der Blitz, der in einer Himmelsgegend erstrahlt, bis zur anderen leuchtet, so wird auch der Sohn des Menschen sein an seinem Tag.
25 Zuvor aber muss er viel leiden und verworfen werden von diesem Geschlecht.
26 Und wie es in den Tagen Noahs zuging, so wird es auch sein in den Tagen des Menschensohnes:
27 Sie aßen, sie tranken, sie heirateten und ließen sich heiraten bis zu dem Tag, als Noah in die Arche ging; und die Sintflut kam und vernichtete alle.
28 Ebenso ging es auch in den Tagen Lots zu: Sie aßen, sie tranken, sie kauften und verkauften, sie pflanzten und bauten;
29 an dem Tag aber, als Lot aus Sodom wegging, regnete es Feuer und Schwefel vom Himmel und vertilgte alle.
30 Gerade so wird es sein an dem Tag, da der Sohn des Menschen geoffenbart wird.
31 Wer an jenem Tag auf dem Dach ist und sein Gerät im Haus hat, der steige nicht hinab, um dasselbe zu holen; ebenso, wer auf dem Feld ist, der kehre nicht wieder zurück.
32 Gedenkt an Lots Frau!
33 Wer sein Leben[c] zu retten sucht, der wird es verlieren, und wer es verliert, der wird es erhalten.
34 Ich sage euch: In dieser Nacht werden zwei in einem Bett sein; der eine wird genommen und der andere zurückgelassen werden.
35 Zwei werden miteinander mahlen; die eine wird genommen, und die andere wird zurückgelassen werden.
36 Zwei werden auf dem Feld sein; der eine wird genommen und der andere zurückgelassen werden.
37 Und sie antworteten und sprachen zu ihm: Wo, Herr? Und er sprach zu ihnen: Wo der Leichnam ist, da sammeln sich die Geier.
Luke 17
New King James Version
Jesus Warns of Offenses(A)
17 Then He said to the disciples, (B)“It is impossible that no [a]offenses should come, but (C)woe to him through whom they do come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should [b]offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves. (D)If your brother sins [c]against you, (E)rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns [d]to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
Faith and Duty(F)
5 And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
6 (G)So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. 7 And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? 8 But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself (H)and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded [e]him? I think not. 10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are (I)unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”
Ten Lepers Cleansed
11 Now it happened (J)as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, (K)who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 So when He saw them, He said to them, (L)“Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice (M)glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a (N)Samaritan.
17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 (O)And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
The Coming of the Kingdom(P)
20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 (Q)nor will they say, [f]‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, (R)the kingdom of God is [g]within you.”
22 Then He said to the disciples, (S)“The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 (T)And they will say to you, [h]‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow them. 24 (U)For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. 25 (V)But first He must suffer many things and be (W)rejected by this generation. 26 (X)And as it (Y)was in the (Z)days of (AA)Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the (AB)day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and (AC)destroyed them all. 28 (AD)Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on (AE)the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man (AF)is revealed.
31 “In that day, he (AG)who is on the housetop, and his [i]goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. 32 (AH)Remember Lot’s wife. 33 (AI)Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 (AJ)I tell you, in that night there will be two [j]men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. 35 (AK)Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. 36 [k]Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”
37 And they answered and said to Him, (AL)“Where, Lord?”
So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”
Footnotes
- Luke 17:1 stumbling blocks
- Luke 17:2 cause one of these little ones to stumble
- Luke 17:3 NU omits against you
- Luke 17:4 M omits to you
- Luke 17:9 NU omits the rest of v. 9; M omits him
- Luke 17:21 NU reverses here and there
- Luke 17:21 in your midst
- Luke 17:23 NU reverses here and there
- Luke 17:31 possessions
- Luke 17:34 Or people
- Luke 17:36 NU, M omit v. 36.
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