Warnings from Jesus

17 He^(A) said to His disciples, “Offenses^[a] will certainly come,^[b] but woe^(B) to the one they come^(C) through! ² It would be better for him if a millstone^[c] were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.^{(D) 3} Be^(E) on your guard. If your brother sins,^[d] rebuke^(F) him, and if he repents, forgive^(G) him. ⁴ And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Faith and Duty

⁵ The^(H) apostles^(I) said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”^(J)

⁶ “If you have faith the size of^[e] a mustard seed,”^(K) the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

⁷ “Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? ⁸ Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready,^[f] and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?^{(L) 9} Does he thank that slave because he did what was commanded?^{[g] 10} In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing^(M) slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

Ten Men Healed

¹¹ While traveling to Jerusalem,^(N) He passed between^[h] Samaria and Galilee.^{(O) 12} As He entered a village, 10 men with serious skin diseases^(P) met Him. They stood at a distance ¹³ and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master,^(Q) have mercy on us!”

¹⁴ When He saw them, He told them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”^(R) And while they were going, they were healed.^[i]

¹⁵ But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.^{(S) 16} He fell facedown^(T) at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.^(U)

¹⁷ Then Jesus said, “Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine? ¹⁸ Didn’t any return^[j] to give glory to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ And He told him, “Get up and go on your way. Your faith has made you well.”^[k](V)

The Coming of the Kingdom

²⁰ Being^(W) asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God will come,^(X) He answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable; ²¹ no one will say,^[l] ‘Look here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is among you.”

²² Then He told the disciples: “The days are coming^(Y) when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.^{(Z) 23} They will say to you,^(AA) ‘Look there!’ or ‘Look here!’ Don’t follow or run after them.^{(AB) 24} For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in His day.^{(AC) 25} But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.^(AD)

²⁶ “Just as it was in the days of Noah,^(AE) so it will be in the days of the Son of Man: ²⁷ People went on eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage^(AF) until the day Noah boarded the ark,^(AG) and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot:^(AH) People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building. ²⁹ But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed^(AI) them all. ³⁰ It^(AJ) will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.^{(AK) 31} On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back. ³² Remember Lot’s wife!^{(AL) 33} Whoever tries to make his life secure^[m][n] will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.^{(AM) 34} I tell you, on that night^(AN) two will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other will be left. ³⁵ Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left. [³⁶ Two will be in a field: One will be taken, and the other will be left.]”^[o]

³⁷ “Where, Lord?”^(AO) they asked Him.

He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures^(AP) will be gathered.”