New Testament in a Year

Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service

17 And he said to his disciples, “It is impossible for causes for stumbling not to come, but woe to him through whom they come! ² It would be better for him if a millstone^[a] is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea than that he causes one of these little ones to sin.

³ “Be concerned about yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. ⁴ And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times he returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

⁵ And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” ⁶ So the Lord said, “If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

⁷ “And which of you who has a slave plowing or shepherding sheep^[b] who comes in from the field will say to him, ‘Come here at once and^[c] recline at the table’? ⁸ Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something that I may eat, and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and after these things you will eat and drink.’ ⁹ He will not be grateful^[d] to the slave because he did what was ordered, will he?^{[e] 10} Thus you also, when you have done all the things you were ordered to do,^[f] say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done what we were obligated to do.’”

Ten Lepers Cleansed

¹¹ And it happened that while traveling toward Jerusalem, he was passing through the region between^[g] Samaria and Galilee. ¹² And as^[h] he was entering into a certain village, ten men met him^[i][j]—lepers, who stood at a distance. ¹³ And they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” ¹⁴ And when he^[k] saw them^[l] he said to them, “Go and^[m] show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that as they were going, they were cleansed. ¹⁵ But one of them, when he^[n] saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. ¹⁶ And he fell on his face at his feet, giving thanks to him. And he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ So Jesus answered and^[o] said, “Were not ten cleansed? And where are the nine? ¹⁸ Was no one found to turn back and^[p] give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ And he said to him, “Get up and^[q] go your way. Your faith has saved you.”