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Luke 17:1-10
English Standard Version
Luke 17:1-10
English Standard Version
Temptations to Sin
17 And he said to his disciples, (A)“Temptations to sin[a] are (B)sure to come, but (C)woe to the one through whom they come! 2 (D)It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.[b] 3 Pay attention to yourselves! (E)If your brother sins, (F)rebuke him, and if he repents, (G)forgive him, 4 and if he sins against you (H)seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Increase Our Faith
5 (I)The apostles said to the Lord, (J)“Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said, (K)“If you had faith like (L)a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this (M)mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Unworthy Servants
7 “Will any one of you who has a servant[c] plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? 8 Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and (N)dress properly,[d] and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are (O)unworthy servants;[e] we have only done what was our duty.’”
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- Luke 17:1 Greek Stumbling blocks
- Luke 17:2 Greek stumble
- Luke 17:7 Or bondservant; also verse 9
- Luke 17:8 Greek gird yourself
- Luke 17:10 Or bondservants
ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:1-10
SBL Greek New Testament
ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:1-10
SBL Greek New Testament
17 Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς [a]αὐτοῦ· Ἀνένδεκτόν ἐστιν τοῦ [b]τὰ σκάνδαλα μὴ ἐλθεῖν, [c]πλὴν οὐαὶ δι’ οὗ ἔρχεται· 2 λυσιτελεῖ αὐτῷ εἰ [d]λίθος μυλικὸς περίκειται περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔρριπται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἢ ἵνα σκανδαλίσῃ [e]τῶν μικρῶν τούτων ἕνα. 3 προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς. ἐὰν [f]ἁμάρτῃ ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἐπιτίμησον αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐὰν μετανοήσῃ ἄφες αὐτῷ· 4 καὶ ἐὰν ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας [g]ἁμαρτήσῃ εἰς σὲ καὶ [h]ἑπτάκις ἐπιστρέψῃ [i]πρὸς σὲ λέγων· Μετανοῶ, ἀφήσεις αὐτῷ.
5 Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἀπόστολοι τῷ κυρίῳ· Πρόσθες ἡμῖν πίστιν. 6 εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος· Εἰ ἔχετε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐλέγετε ἂν τῇ συκαμίνῳ ταύτῃ· Ἐκριζώθητι καὶ φυτεύθητι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ· καὶ ὑπήκουσεν ἂν ὑμῖν.
7 Τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν δοῦλον ἔχων ἀροτριῶντα ἢ ποιμαίνοντα, ὃς εἰσελθόντι ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐρεῖ [j]αὐτῷ· Εὐθέως παρελθὼν ἀνάπεσε, 8 ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· Ἑτοίμασον τί δειπνήσω καὶ περιζωσάμενος διακόνει μοι ἕως φάγω καὶ πίω, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα φάγεσαι καὶ πίεσαι σύ; 9 μὴ [k]ἔχει χάριν τῷ [l]δούλῳ ὅτι ἐποίησεν τὰ [m]διαταχθέντα; 10 οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅταν ποιήσητε πάντα τὰ διαταχθέντα ὑμῖν, λέγετε ὅτι Δοῦλοι ἀχρεῖοί ἐσμεν, [n]ὃ ὠφείλομεν ποιῆσαι πεποιήκαμεν.
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- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:1 αὐτοῦ WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:1 τὰ σκάνδαλα μὴ ἐλθεῖν WH Treg NIV ] μὴ ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:1 πλὴν οὐαὶ WH Treg NIV ] οὐαὶ δὲ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:2 λίθος μυλικὸς WH Treg NIV ] μύλος ὀνικὸς RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:2 τῶν μικρῶν τούτων ἕνα WH Treg NIV ] ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:3 ἁμάρτῃ WH Treg NIV ] δὲ ἁμάρτῃ εἰς σὲ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:4 ἁμαρτήσῃ WH Treg NIV ] ἁμάρτῃ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:4 ἑπτάκις WH Treg NIV ] + τῆς ἡμέρας RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:4 πρὸς σὲ WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:7 αὐτῷ WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:9 ἔχει χάριν WH Treg NIV ] χάριν ἔχει RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:9 δούλῳ WH Treg NIV ] + ἐκείνῳ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:9 διαταχθέντα WH Treg NIV ] + οὐ δοκῶ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 17:10 ὃ ὠφείλομεν WH Treg NIV ] ὅτι ὃ ὀφείλομεν RP
Luke 17:1-10
New International Version
Luke 17:1-10
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)
Footnotes
- Luke 17:3 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman.
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