Luke 17:1-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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.’”